Work & commute · Hamlin

Work & commute in Hamlin, ME

Most working residents leave Hamlin for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Caribou (25%), Presque Isle (13%) and Lewiston (5%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

0 of 40 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

15 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 40 Hamlin residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 13 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamlin.

40live here, work elsewhere

0live and work here

13work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamlin goes to work

Caribou17 mi away

25%10

Presque Isle27.5 mi away

13%5

Lewiston234.3 mi away

5%2

Augusta209.6 mi away

5%2

Van Buren9 mi away

5%2

Fort Kent32.6 mi away

5%2

Houlton64.9 mi away

5%2

Portland263 mi away

3%1

Calais137.6 mi away

3%1

Biddeford279.5 mi away

3%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%12

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

How far

How far Hamlin commutes

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

35%

20%

40%

5%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamlin is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamlin are

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

Jobs based in Hamlin

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)77%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)23%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month8%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Hamlin residents hold

40 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month40%

+18%

Jobs based in Hamlin, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 13. 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.