Work & commute · Easton

Work & commute in Easton, ME

Most working residents leave Easton for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Presque Isle (36%), Caribou (11%) and Fort Fairfield (11%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

62 of 508 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 446 Easton residents head out of town to work, 62 work right here, and 556 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Easton.

446live here, work elsewhere

62live and work here

556work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Easton goes to work

Presque Isle7.9 mi away

36%183

Easton (in town)right here

12%62

Caribou14.7 mi away

11%58

Fort Fairfield10.5 mi away

11%58

Mars Hill5.1 mi away

3%16

Bangor132.6 mi away

3%14

Houlton34.1 mi away

3%14

Augusta183.2 mi away

1%7

Limestone18.9 mi away

1%6

South Portland239 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

17%85

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

How far

How far Easton commutes

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

56%

21%

20%

56%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

3%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Easton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Easton are

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

Jobs based in Easton

618 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)84%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)12%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Easton residents hold

508 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−15%

Jobs based in Easton, 2013 → 2023: 729 → 618. 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.