Work & commute · Garland

Work & commute in Garland, ME

Most working residents leave Garland for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (21%), Dexter (7%) and Exeter (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 458 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 444 Garland residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Garland.

444live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Garland goes to work

Bangor24.9 mi away

21%95

Dexter6.5 mi away

7%34

Exeter8 mi away

6%28

Guilford12.5 mi away

6%26

Newport14.8 mi away

5%22

Augusta58.6 mi away

3%15

Garland (in town)right here

3%14

Dover-Foxcroft7.2 mi away

3%13

Hermon21.3 mi away

3%13

Hampden27.4 mi away

3%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%186

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

How far

How far Garland commutes

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

21%

39%

20%

21%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Garland is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Garland are

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

Jobs based in Garland

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Garland residents hold

458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−37%

Jobs based in Garland, 2013 → 2023: 84 → 53. 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.