Work & commute · Hampden

Work & commute in Hampden, ME

Most working residents leave Hampden for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (43%), Brewer (7%) and Hermon (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

398 of 3,699 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,301 Hampden residents head out of town to work, 398 work right here, and 2,512 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hampden.

3,301live here, work elsewhere

398live and work here

2,512work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hampden goes to work

Bangor8.1 mi away

43%1,607

Hampden (in town)right here

11%398

Brewer8.1 mi away

7%264

Hermon6.3 mi away

4%150

Orono12.5 mi away

3%122

Augusta50.1 mi away

2%76

Portland99.7 mi away

2%66

Ellsworth22.3 mi away

2%64

Belfast22.4 mi away

1%49

Winterport5.4 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%855

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

How far

How far Hampden commutes

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

63%

15%

14%

63%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hampden is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hampden are

2,910 jobs are based in Hampden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hampden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hampden

2,910 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities45%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Hampden residents hold

3,699 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+68%

Jobs based in Hampden, 2013 → 2023: 1,737 → 2,910. 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.