Work & commute · Ellsworth

Work & commute in Ellsworth, ME

About one in 3 of Ellsworth’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bar Harbor (14%), Bangor (7%) and Trenton (2%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

36%

1,423 of 3,933 working residents

Typical commute

15 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 2,510 Ellsworth residents head out of town to work, 1,423 work right here, and 4,518 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellsworth.

2,510live here, work elsewhere

1,423live and work here

4,518work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellsworth goes to work

Ellsworth (in town)right here

36%1,423

Bar Harbor16.7 mi away

14%535

Bangor22.8 mi away

7%275

Trenton9.2 mi away

2%96

Hancock10.2 mi away

2%92

Portland107.1 mi away

2%88

Mount Desert18.7 mi away

2%88

Brewer18.7 mi away

2%81

Augusta64.2 mi away

2%72

Blue Hill12.7 mi away

2%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%1,112

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

How far

How far Ellsworth commutes

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

41%

33%

17%

41%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellsworth is a job hub

1.51jobs 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 Ellsworth are

5,941 jobs are based in Ellsworth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellsworth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ellsworth

5,941 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Ellsworth residents hold

3,933 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+18%

Jobs based in Ellsworth, 2013 → 2023: 5,026 → 5,941. 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.