Work & commute · Caribou

Work & commute in Caribou, ME

42% of Caribou’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Presque Isle (23%), Bangor (3%) and Easton (2%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42%

1,252 of 3,014 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,762 Caribou residents head out of town to work, 1,252 work right here, and 1,986 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Caribou.

1,762live here, work elsewhere

1,252live and work here

1,986work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Caribou goes to work

Caribou (in town)right here

42%1,252

Presque Isle10.6 mi away

23%702

Bangor144.6 mi away

3%104

Easton14.7 mi away

2%72

Limestone6 mi away

2%65

Houlton48.3 mi away

2%57

Fort Fairfield4.7 mi away

2%47

Augusta193.5 mi away

1%45

Fort Kent39.1 mi away

1%36

Belfast174.7 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%606

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

How far

How far Caribou commutes

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

49%

25%

22%

49%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Caribou is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Caribou are

3,238 jobs are based in Caribou. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Caribou’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Caribou

3,238 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Caribou residents hold

3,014 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−4%

Jobs based in Caribou, 2013 → 2023: 3,382 → 3,238. 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.