Work & commute · Dexter

Work & commute in Dexter, ME

Most working residents leave Dexter for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (10%), Dover-Foxcroft (7%) and Guilford (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

229 of 1,361 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,132 Dexter residents head out of town to work, 229 work right here, and 587 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dexter.

1,132live here, work elsewhere

229live and work here

587work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dexter goes to work

Dexter (in town)right here

17%229

Bangor28.2 mi away

10%138

Dover-Foxcroft10.4 mi away

7%91

Guilford11.8 mi away

7%91

Newport12.4 mi away

5%71

Augusta53.6 mi away

4%56

Pittsfield20.1 mi away

4%56

Portland107 mi away

2%33

Corinna6.6 mi away

2%27

Brewer32.1 mi away

2%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%543

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

How far

How far Dexter commutes

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

23%

28%

24%

23%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dexter is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dexter are

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

Jobs based in Dexter

816 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities37%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Dexter residents hold

1,361 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+1%

Jobs based in Dexter, 2013 → 2023: 805 → 816. 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.