Work & commute · Frenchville

Work & commute in Frenchville, ME

Most working residents leave Frenchville for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Madawaska (26%), St. Agatha (14%) and Fort Kent (14%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

55 of 360 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 305 Frenchville residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 187 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frenchville.

305live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

187work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Frenchville goes to work

Madawaska7 mi away

26%92

Frenchville (in town)right here

15%55

St. Agatha4.6 mi away

14%49

Fort Kent8 mi away

14%49

Bangor169.9 mi away

5%17

Caribou37.2 mi away

3%12

Presque Isle44.7 mi away

3%11

Houlton82.6 mi away

3%10

Portland266 mi away

2%6

Augusta213 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%55

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

How far

How far Frenchville commutes

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

61%

23%

61%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Frenchville is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Frenchville are

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

Jobs based in Frenchville

242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Frenchville residents hold

360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−6%

Jobs based in Frenchville, 2013 → 2023: 258 → 242. 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.