Work & commute · Hermon

Work & commute in Hermon, ME

Most working residents leave Hermon for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (43%), Brewer (8%) and Hampden (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

421 of 3,239 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,818 Hermon residents head out of town to work, 421 work right here, and 2,580 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hermon.

2,818live here, work elsewhere

421live and work here

2,580work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hermon goes to work

Bangor6.3 mi away

43%1,383

Hermon (in town)right here

13%421

Brewer9.3 mi away

8%256

Hampden6.3 mi away

4%123

Augusta52.3 mi away

3%82

Orono9.7 mi away

3%81

Old Town12.7 mi away

2%64

Portland103.3 mi away

1%42

Ellsworth27 mi away

1%39

Belfast27.8 mi away

1%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%714

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

How far

How far Hermon commutes

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

67%

12%

14%

67%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hermon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hermon are

3,001 jobs are based in Hermon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hermon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hermon

3,001 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Hermon residents hold

3,239 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+16%

Jobs based in Hermon, 2013 → 2023: 2,596 → 3,001. 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.