Work & commute · Fort Kent

Work & commute in Fort Kent, ME

57% of Fort Kent’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Madawaska (8%), Presque Isle (4%) and Caribou (2%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

57%

930 of 1,627 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 697 Fort Kent residents head out of town to work, 930 work right here, and 1,016 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fort Kent.

697live here, work elsewhere

930live and work here

1,016work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fort Kent goes to work

Fort Kent (in town)right here

57%930

Madawaska14.8 mi away

8%125

Presque Isle45 mi away

4%67

Caribou39.1 mi away

2%36

Bangor165.5 mi away

2%32

Frenchville8 mi away

2%31

St. Agatha10.9 mi away

2%25

Houlton81.7 mi away

2%25

Eagle Lake12.2 mi away

1%23

Augusta207.3 mi away

1%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%311

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

How far

How far Fort Kent commutes

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

60%

12%

19%

60%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fort Kent is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fort Kent are

1,946 jobs are based in Fort Kent. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fort Kent’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fort Kent

1,946 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Fort Kent residents hold

1,627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month50%

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Jobs based in Fort Kent, 2013 → 2023: 1,948 → 1,946. 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.