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Work & commute · Blue Hill

Work & commute in Blue Hill, ME

About one in 4 of Blue Hill’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Ellsworth (15%), Bar Harbor (7%) and Bangor (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
26%
266 of 1,035 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
21%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 769 Blue Hill residents head out of town to work, 266 work right here, and 960 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Blue Hill.

769live here, work elsewhere
266live and work here
960work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Blue Hill goes to work

PortlandBangorBelfastEllsworthDeer IsleBrooksvilleBar HarborTremontTrentonBlue HillSedgwickOrlandMount DesertPenobscotCastineBrooklinBucksportSurryEllsworthBar HarborBangorPortlandSurryBelfastTrentonBucksportCastineBlue Hill
1
Blue Hill (in town)right here
26%266
2
Ellsworth12.7 mi away
15%156
3
Bar Harbor13 mi away
7%70
4
Bangor32.2 mi away
5%47
5
Portland98 mi away
3%35
6
Surry4.6 mi away
3%32
7
Belfast24.7 mi away
2%22
8
Trenton8 mi away
2%20
9
Bucksport20.1 mi away
2%20
10
Castine13.8 mi away
2%19
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%348

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

How far

How far Blue Hill commutes

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

35%Under 10 mi
35%10–24 mi
10%25–50 mi
19%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Blue Hill is balanced between jobs and homes

1.18jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.18 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Blue Hill are

1,226 jobs are based in Blue Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Blue Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Blue Hill

1,226 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)69%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Blue Hill residents hold

1,035 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month56%
+5%

Jobs based in Blue Hill, 2013 → 2023: 1,168 → 1,226. 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.

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