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Work & commute · Gouldsboro

Work & commute in Gouldsboro, ME

Most working residents leave Gouldsboro for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Ellsworth (14%), Winter Harbor (9%) and Bar Harbor (7%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
13%
69 of 523 working residents
Typical commute
18 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
16%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 454 Gouldsboro residents head out of town to work, 69 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gouldsboro.

454live here, work elsewhere
69live and work here
239work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Gouldsboro goes to work

PortlandBangorEllsworthGouldsboroSteubenHancockBar HarborWinter HarborSorrentoSullivanFranklinTrentonMilbridgeCherryfieldEllsworthWinter HarborBar HarborBangorPortlandSullivanTrentonMilbridgeHancockGouldsboro
1
Ellsworth22.5 mi away
14%71
2
Gouldsboro (in town)right here
13%69
3
Winter Harbor6.3 mi away
9%46
4
Bar Harbor9.6 mi away
7%38
5
Bangor44.6 mi away
6%32
6
Portland118.5 mi away
3%16
7
Sullivan8.1 mi away
3%16
8
Trenton15.8 mi away
3%16
9
Milbridge10.6 mi away
3%14
10
Hancock12.4 mi away
2%12
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%193

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

How far

How far Gouldsboro commutes

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

31%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Gouldsboro is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gouldsboro are

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

Jobs based in Gouldsboro

308 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month33%
Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Gouldsboro residents hold

523 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month54%
+44%

Jobs based in Gouldsboro, 2013 → 2023: 214 → 308. 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.

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