Work & commute · Greenbush

Work & commute in Greenbush, ME

Most working residents leave Greenbush for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (24%), Old Town (10%) and Orono (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27 of 617 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 590 Greenbush residents head out of town to work, 27 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenbush.

590live here, work elsewhere

27live and work here

162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenbush goes to work

Bangor19.4 mi away

24%146

Old Town11 mi away

10%60

Orono15 mi away

6%40

Brewer21.1 mi away

6%38

Greenbush (in town)right here

4%27

Milford5.5 mi away

4%24

Hampden27.5 mi away

3%21

Augusta75.9 mi away

3%17

Lincoln20.9 mi away

2%15

Waterville63.9 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%217

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

How far

How far Greenbush commutes

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

14%

52%

11%

23%

14%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenbush is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenbush are

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

Jobs based in Greenbush

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Greenbush residents hold

617 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+69%

Jobs based in Greenbush, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 189. 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.