Work & commute · Chesterville

Work & commute in Chesterville, ME

Most working residents leave Chesterville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (15%), Augusta (9%) and Portland (7%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

24 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 603 Chesterville residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chesterville.

603live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chesterville goes to work

Farmington9.7 mi away

15%91

Augusta23.3 mi away

9%55

Portland62.7 mi away

7%41

New Sharon9.4 mi away

5%28

Wilton9.2 mi away

4%27

Waterville22.1 mi away

4%24

Lewiston31.2 mi away

3%18

Skowhegan26.7 mi away

3%17

Chesterville (in town)right here

2%14

Bangor67.9 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%289

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

How far

How far Chesterville commutes

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

26%

27%

20%

27%

26%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chesterville is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chesterville are

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

Jobs based in Chesterville

150 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Chesterville residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−9%

Jobs based in Chesterville, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 150. 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.