Work & commute · Eastport

Work & commute in Eastport, ME

44% of Eastport’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Calais (9%), Bangor (5%) and Machias (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

173 of 396 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 223 Eastport residents head out of town to work, 173 work right here, and 253 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eastport.

223live here, work elsewhere

173live and work here

253work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eastport goes to work

Eastport (in town)right here

44%173

Calais19.1 mi away

9%35

Bangor87.3 mi away

5%18

Machias25.9 mi away

4%15

Perry6.8 mi away

3%11

Baileyville28.3 mi away

2%9

Portland180.1 mi away

2%8

Houlton94.1 mi away

2%6

Caribou140.4 mi away

1%5

Brewer84.9 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%112

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

How far

How far Eastport commutes

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

51%

12%

31%

51%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eastport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eastport are

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

Jobs based in Eastport

426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Eastport residents hold

396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month40%

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Jobs based in Eastport, 2013 → 2023: 428 → 426. 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.