Work & commute · Cherryfield

Work & commute in Cherryfield, ME

Most working residents leave Cherryfield for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Milbridge (13%), Steuben (8%) and Ellsworth (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

38 of 328 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 290 Cherryfield residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cherryfield.

290live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

243work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cherryfield goes to work

Milbridge12.3 mi away

13%43

Cherryfield (in town)right here

12%38

Steuben10.3 mi away

8%27

Ellsworth27.4 mi away

7%24

Bangor44.5 mi away

5%18

Bar Harbor23.2 mi away

5%17

Gouldsboro15.6 mi away

3%11

Machias24.2 mi away

2%8

Harrington8.2 mi away

2%8

Portland131.5 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%127

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

How far

How far Cherryfield commutes

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

32%

31%

18%

19%

32%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cherryfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cherryfield are

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

Jobs based in Cherryfield

281 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Cherryfield residents hold

328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

+8%

Jobs based in Cherryfield, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 281. 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.