Work & commute · Charleston

Work & commute in Charleston, ME

Most working residents leave Charleston for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (32%), Corinth (7%) and Hermon (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32 of 628 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 596 Charleston residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 290 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Charleston.

596live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

290work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Charleston goes to work

Bangor20.8 mi away

32%198

Corinth6.8 mi away

7%42

Hermon18.6 mi away

6%36

Charleston (in town)right here

5%32

Brewer24.9 mi away

5%30

Augusta61.8 mi away

4%22

Dover-Foxcroft10.5 mi away

3%18

Old Town16.6 mi away

3%17

Hampden24.9 mi away

2%12

Orono19.7 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%210

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

How far

How far Charleston commutes

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

15%

48%

16%

21%

15%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Charleston is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Charleston are

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

Jobs based in Charleston

322 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Charleston residents hold

628 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+10%

Jobs based in Charleston, 2013 → 2023: 294 → 322. 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.