Work & commute · Cutler

Work & commute in Cutler, ME

Most working residents leave Cutler for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Machias (18%), Lubec (17%) and Eastport (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 153 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 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 150 Cutler residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 32 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cutler.

150live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

32work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cutler goes to work

Machias12.6 mi away

18%27

Lubec12.3 mi away

17%26

Eastport18.9 mi away

5%7

Bangor79.3 mi away

5%7

East Machias13.4 mi away

4%6

Brewer76.3 mi away

3%4

Portland164.8 mi away

3%4

Baileyville37.6 mi away

3%4

South Portland169.4 mi away

2%3

Augusta127.5 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%62

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

How far

How far Cutler commutes

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

17%

41%

37%

17%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

37%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cutler is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cutler are

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

Jobs based in Cutler

35 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month63%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Cutler residents hold

153 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+6%

Jobs based in Cutler, 2013 → 2023: 33 → 35. 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.