Work & commute · Dover-Foxcroft

Work & commute in Dover-Foxcroft, ME

About one in 3 of Dover-Foxcroft’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bangor (10%), Guilford (8%) and Augusta (3%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

35%

618 of 1,781 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,163 Dover-Foxcroft residents head out of town to work, 618 work right here, and 1,253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dover-Foxcroft.

1,163live here, work elsewhere

618live and work here

1,253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dover-Foxcroft goes to work

Dover-Foxcroft (in town)right here

35%618

Bangor31.1 mi away

10%186

Guilford7.4 mi away

8%150

Augusta64 mi away

3%50

Dexter10.4 mi away

2%38

Portland117.4 mi away

2%34

Milo11.8 mi away

2%33

Newport21.5 mi away

2%33

Sebec6.2 mi away

2%28

Old Town27 mi away

1%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%585

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

How far

How far Dover-Foxcroft commutes

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

46%

11%

23%

21%

46%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dover-Foxcroft is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dover-Foxcroft are

1,871 jobs are based in Dover-Foxcroft. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dover-Foxcroft’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dover-Foxcroft

1,871 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Dover-Foxcroft residents hold

1,781 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−16%

Jobs based in Dover-Foxcroft, 2013 → 2023: 2,237 → 1,871. 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.