Work & commute · Castine

Work & commute in Castine, ME

About one in 5 of Castine’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Blue Hill (9%), Ellsworth (8%) and Bangor (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

80 of 406 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 326 Castine residents head out of town to work, 80 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castine.

326live here, work elsewhere

80live and work here

474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castine goes to work

Castine (in town)right here

20%80

Blue Hill13.8 mi away

9%38

Ellsworth19.3 mi away

8%31

Bangor27.8 mi away

6%26

Portland87.8 mi away

5%21

Penobscot6.2 mi away

4%15

Augusta46.3 mi away

3%14

Bucksport15 mi away

3%13

Bar Harbor26.8 mi away

3%11

Belfast10.9 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%147

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

How far

How far Castine commutes

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

29%

30%

19%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castine is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Castine are

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

Jobs based in Castine

554 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)92%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Castine residents hold

406 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−24%

Jobs based in Castine, 2013 → 2023: 725 → 554. 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.