Work & commute · Carmel

Work & commute in Carmel, ME

Most working residents leave Carmel for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (37%), Hermon (8%) and Brewer (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

81 of 1,442 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,361 Carmel residents head out of town to work, 81 work right here, and 202 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Carmel.

1,361live here, work elsewhere

81live and work here

202work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Carmel goes to work

Bangor10.7 mi away

37%530

Hermon4.4 mi away

8%119

Brewer13.2 mi away

8%111

Carmel (in town)right here

6%81

Hampden7.5 mi away

4%58

Augusta48.3 mi away

4%52

Levant5.3 mi away

2%29

Pittsfield21.2 mi away

2%27

Portland99.7 mi away

1%19

Belfast25.9 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%399

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

How far

How far Carmel commutes

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

22%

53%

11%

14%

22%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Carmel is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Carmel are

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

Jobs based in Carmel

283 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Carmel residents hold

1,442 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+50%

Jobs based in Carmel, 2013 → 2023: 189 → 283. 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.