Work & commute · Greenville

Work & commute in Greenville, ME

48% of Greenville’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Bangor (3%), Portland (3%) and Guilford (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48%

222 of 459 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 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 237 Greenville residents head out of town to work, 222 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenville.

237live here, work elsewhere

222live and work here

382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenville goes to work

Greenville (in town)right here

48%222

Bangor57.1 mi away

3%16

Portland130.3 mi away

3%14

Guilford20.3 mi away

3%14

Augusta78.5 mi away

3%12

Dover-Foxcroft26 mi away

2%11

Jackman32.5 mi away

2%8

South Portland131.7 mi away

1%6

Waterville63.6 mi away

1%4

Brewer61.2 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%148

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

How far

How far Greenville commutes

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

54%

33%

54%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.32jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenville are

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

Jobs based in Greenville

604 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Greenville residents hold

459 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+7%

Jobs based in Greenville, 2013 → 2023: 562 → 604. 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.