Work & commute · Harrington

Work & commute in Harrington, ME

Most working residents leave Harrington for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Machias (7%), Milbridge (7%) and Cherryfield (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

32 of 288 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 256 Harrington residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 224 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harrington.

256live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

224work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harrington goes to work

Harrington (in town)right here

11%32

Machias18.8 mi away

7%21

Milbridge8.7 mi away

7%20

Cherryfield8.2 mi away

6%18

Columbia7.1 mi away

6%17

Addison5 mi away

6%16

Columbia Falls9.5 mi away

5%14

Jonesport14.8 mi away

4%12

Ellsworth34.3 mi away

3%10

South Portland140.1 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%121

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

How far

How far Harrington commutes

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

43%

20%

15%

22%

43%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harrington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Harrington are

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

Jobs based in Harrington

256 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Harrington residents hold

288 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+26%

Jobs based in Harrington, 2013 → 2023: 203 → 256. 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.