Work & commute · Blaine

Work & commute in Blaine, ME

Most working residents leave Blaine for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Presque Isle (31%), Mars Hill (25%) and Bangor (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 215 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 208 Blaine residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 60 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blaine.

208live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

60work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Blaine goes to work

Presque Isle15.5 mi away

31%67

Mars Hill5 mi away

25%54

Bangor123.2 mi away

5%11

Caribou24.5 mi away

3%7

Easton10.1 mi away

3%7

Blaine (in town)right here

3%7

Augusta174.6 mi away

3%6

Mapleton19.4 mi away

2%4

Houlton24 mi away

2%4

Brewer125.2 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%45

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

How far

How far Blaine commutes

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

31%

41%

26%

31%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Blaine is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Blaine are

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

Jobs based in Blaine

67 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities52%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Blaine residents hold

215 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+76%

Jobs based in Blaine, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 67. 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.