Work & commute · Eddington

Work & commute in Eddington, ME

Most working residents leave Eddington for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (37%), Brewer (11%) and Holden (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 1,004 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 970 Eddington residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eddington.

970live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

226work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eddington goes to work

Bangor7.1 mi away

37%367

Brewer4.7 mi away

11%107

Holden3.8 mi away

4%42

Hermon13.3 mi away

4%39

Eddington (in town)right here

3%34

Ellsworth17.8 mi away

3%28

Hampden12.8 mi away

3%27

Orono6.6 mi away

3%26

Augusta62.9 mi away

2%24

Portland111.5 mi away

2%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%293

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

How far

How far Eddington commutes

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

57%

16%

19%

57%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eddington is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Eddington are

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

Jobs based in Eddington

260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Eddington residents hold

1,004 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+60%

Jobs based in Eddington, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 260. 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.