Work & commute · Fort Fairfield

Work & commute in Fort Fairfield, ME

Most working residents leave Fort Fairfield for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Presque Isle (33%), Easton (12%) and Caribou (11%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

151 of 1,214 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 1,063 Fort Fairfield residents head out of town to work, 151 work right here, and 324 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Fairfield.

1,063live here, work elsewhere

151live and work here

324work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Fairfield goes to work

Presque Isle8.7 mi away

33%404

Fort Fairfield (in town)right here

12%151

Easton10.5 mi away

12%147

Caribou4.7 mi away

11%133

Mars Hill15.5 mi away

4%49

Bangor142 mi away

3%35

Houlton44.5 mi away

2%21

Augusta191.7 mi away

1%17

Limestone8.5 mi away

1%16

Portland245 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%226

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

How far

How far Fort Fairfield commutes

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

38%

20%

38%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Fairfield is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Fairfield are

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

Jobs based in Fort Fairfield

475 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Fort Fairfield residents hold

1,214 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−6%

Jobs based in Fort Fairfield, 2013 → 2023: 506 → 475. 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.