Work & commute · Bucksport

Work & commute in Bucksport, ME

Most working residents leave Bucksport for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (19%), Ellsworth (7%) and Brewer (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

304 of 2,013 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,709 Bucksport residents head out of town to work, 304 work right here, and 839 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bucksport.

1,709live here, work elsewhere

304live and work here

839work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bucksport goes to work

Bangor13 mi away

19%386

Bucksport (in town)right here

15%304

Ellsworth14.3 mi away

7%131

Brewer9.9 mi away

5%103

Belfast19.9 mi away

5%100

Orland6.3 mi away

4%76

Blue Hill20.1 mi away

3%63

Augusta52.5 mi away

3%60

Hampden8.7 mi away

3%53

Castine15 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%690

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

How far

How far Bucksport commutes

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

26%

49%

17%

26%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bucksport is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bucksport are

1,143 jobs are based in Bucksport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bucksport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bucksport

1,143 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Bucksport residents hold

2,013 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−40%

Jobs based in Bucksport, 2013 → 2023: 1,893 → 1,143. 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.