Work & commute · Deer Isle

Work & commute in Deer Isle, ME

About one in 4 of Deer Isle’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Stonington (22%), Blue Hill (8%) and Portland (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

157 of 584 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 427 Deer Isle residents head out of town to work, 157 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deer Isle.

427live here, work elsewhere

157live and work here

217work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Deer Isle goes to work

Deer Isle (in town)right here

27%157

Stonington9.1 mi away

22%127

Blue Hill17.6 mi away

8%45

Portland80.7 mi away

4%22

Ellsworth28.8 mi away

3%16

Augusta47.2 mi away

2%12

Bangor41.4 mi away

2%10

Brewer38.4 mi away

2%9

Brooksville8.1 mi away

1%8

Sedgwick11.2 mi away

1%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%170

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

How far

How far Deer Isle commutes

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

52%

16%

11%

21%

52%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Deer Isle is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deer Isle are

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

Jobs based in Deer Isle

374 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Deer Isle residents hold

584 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+5%

Jobs based in Deer Isle, 2013 → 2023: 357 → 374. 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.