Work & commute · Dyer Brook

Work & commute in Dyer Brook, ME

Most working residents leave Dyer Brook for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Houlton (16%), Sherman (8%) and Patten (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

9 of 74 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 65 Dyer Brook residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dyer Brook.

65live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dyer Brook goes to work

Houlton19.8 mi away

16%12

Dyer Brook (in town)right here

12%9

Sherman14.9 mi away

8%6

Patten13.6 mi away

8%6

Island Falls7.7 mi away

7%5

Hampden98.8 mi away

5%4

Brewer93.4 mi away

3%2

Bangor91.1 mi away

3%2

Orono86.9 mi away

3%2

Oakfield6.6 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%24

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

How far

How far Dyer Brook commutes

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

23%

38%

34%

23%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

34%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dyer Brook is a job hub

1.54jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dyer Brook are

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

Jobs based in Dyer Brook

114 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)94%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Dyer Brook residents hold

74 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

−14%

Jobs based in Dyer Brook, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 114. 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.