Work & commute · Guilford

Work & commute in Guilford, ME

About one in 4 of Guilford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Dover-Foxcroft (13%), Bangor (7%) and Sangerville (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

107 of 439 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 332 Guilford residents head out of town to work, 107 work right here, and 987 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guilford.

332live here, work elsewhere

107live and work here

987work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guilford goes to work

Guilford (in town)right here

24%107

Dover-Foxcroft7.4 mi away

13%57

Bangor37.4 mi away

7%31

Sangerville6.4 mi away

5%20

Dexter11.8 mi away

4%16

Portland116.4 mi away

3%14

Greenville20.3 mi away

3%14

Newport24.1 mi away

3%12

Augusta63.2 mi away

2%10

Waterville48.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%150

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

How far

How far Guilford commutes

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

43%

13%

20%

24%

43%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guilford is a job hub

2.49jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Guilford are

1,094 jobs are based in Guilford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Guilford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Guilford

1,094 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Guilford residents hold

439 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+33%

Jobs based in Guilford, 2013 → 2023: 822 → 1,094. 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.