Work & commute · Danforth

Work & commute in Danforth, ME

Most working residents leave Danforth for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Machias (7%), Baileyville (6%) and Calais (4%). Half commute less than 64 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

20 of 162 working residents

Typical commute

64 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 142 Danforth residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Danforth.

142live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

158work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Danforth goes to work

Danforth (in town)right here

12%20

Machias67.6 mi away

7%12

Baileyville36.6 mi away

6%9

Calais45.2 mi away

4%7

Augusta129.2 mi away

4%7

Bangor72.5 mi away

4%6

Princeton37 mi away

4%6

South Portland183.6 mi away

2%3

Brewer73.3 mi away

2%3

Belfast101.8 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%86

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

How far

How far Danforth commutes

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

13%

33%

54%

13%Under 10 mi

0%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

54%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Danforth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.10jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.10 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Danforth are

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

Jobs based in Danforth

178 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Danforth residents hold

162 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+2%

Jobs based in Danforth, 2013 → 2023: 175 → 178. 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.