Work & commute · East Millinocket

Work & commute in East Millinocket, ME

Most working residents leave East Millinocket for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Millinocket (18%), Bangor (13%) and Medway (6%). Half commute less than 47 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

69 of 551 working residents

Typical commute

47 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 482 East Millinocket residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Millinocket.

482live here, work elsewhere

69live and work here

149work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Millinocket goes to work

Millinocket4.1 mi away

18%99

Bangor57.7 mi away

13%70

East Millinocket (in town)right here

13%69

Medway6.4 mi away

6%32

Lincoln21.9 mi away

5%25

Brewer60.4 mi away

3%15

Portland159.9 mi away

3%14

Chester15.9 mi away

2%12

Houlton49.5 mi away

2%11

Patten23.9 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%194

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

How far

How far East Millinocket commutes

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

36%

46%

36%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

46%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Millinocket is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Millinocket are

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

Jobs based in East Millinocket

218 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs East Millinocket residents hold

551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−60%

Jobs based in East Millinocket, 2013 → 2023: 544 → 218. 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.