Work & commute · Exeter

Work & commute in Exeter, ME

Most working residents leave Exeter for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (20%), Dexter (7%) and Brewer (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26 of 422 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 396 Exeter residents head out of town to work, 26 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Exeter.

396live here, work elsewhere

26live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Exeter goes to work

Bangor18.9 mi away

20%86

Dexter9.3 mi away

7%31

Exeter (in town)right here

6%26

Brewer22.8 mi away

4%18

Dover-Foxcroft15.2 mi away

4%16

Garland8 mi away

3%13

Guilford19.8 mi away

3%13

Newport8.1 mi away

3%12

Hampden19.8 mi away

3%12

Hermon14.2 mi away

3%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%184

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

How far

How far Exeter commutes

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

22%

50%

21%

22%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Exeter is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Exeter are

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

Jobs based in Exeter

94 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Exeter residents hold

422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

+24%

Jobs based in Exeter, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 94. 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.