Work & commute · Franklin

Work & commute in Franklin, ME

Most working residents leave Franklin for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ellsworth (22%), Bar Harbor (12%) and Sullivan (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 620 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 598 Franklin residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 113 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Franklin.

598live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

113work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Franklin goes to work

Ellsworth11.7 mi away

22%136

Bar Harbor14.1 mi away

12%75

Sullivan6.4 mi away

5%34

Trenton11.8 mi away

5%32

Bangor31.1 mi away

4%25

Hancock5.6 mi away

4%23

Franklin (in town)right here

4%22

Portland117.2 mi away

3%18

Gouldsboro14.3 mi away

3%16

Sorrento9.4 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%227

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

How far

How far Franklin commutes

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

29%

38%

12%

21%

29%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Franklin 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 Franklin are

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

Jobs based in Franklin

135 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Franklin residents hold

620 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+47%

Jobs based in Franklin, 2013 → 2023: 92 → 135. 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.