Work & commute · Belfast

Work & commute in Belfast, ME

46% of Belfast’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Bangor (4%), Camden (3%) and Augusta (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

46%

1,091 of 2,390 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,299 Belfast residents head out of town to work, 1,091 work right here, and 5,003 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Belfast.

1,299live here, work elsewhere

1,091live and work here

5,003work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Belfast goes to work

Belfast (in town)right here

46%1,091

Bangor30.2 mi away

4%101

Camden14.2 mi away

3%71

Augusta35.5 mi away

3%69

Portland79.5 mi away

3%66

Rockland21.5 mi away

3%65

Searsport5.7 mi away

3%63

Rockport18 mi away

2%52

South Portland83.2 mi away

1%34

Islesboro12.1 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%750

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Belfast commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

52%

14%

17%

16%

52%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Belfast is a job hub

2.55jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Belfast are

6,094 jobs are based in Belfast. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Belfast’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Belfast

6,094 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Belfast residents hold

2,390 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

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Jobs based in Belfast, 2013 → 2023: 6,110 → 6,094. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.