Work & commute · Howland

Work & commute in Howland, ME

Most working residents leave Howland for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (21%), Enfield (7%) and Old Town (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

57 of 439 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 382 Howland residents head out of town to work, 57 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Howland.

382live here, work elsewhere

57live and work here

260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Howland goes to work

Bangor30.5 mi away

21%94

Howland (in town)right here

13%57

Enfield6.6 mi away

7%30

Old Town21.7 mi away

6%26

Lincoln14.6 mi away

4%17

Orono26.7 mi away

4%16

Portland134.2 mi away

2%10

Maxfield3.6 mi away

2%10

Hampden37.8 mi away

2%9

Hermon32.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%161

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

How far

How far Howland commutes

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

25%

14%

35%

26%

25%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Howland is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Howland are

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

Jobs based in Howland

317 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month27%

Jobs Howland residents hold

439 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+18%

Jobs based in Howland, 2013 → 2023: 268 → 317. 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.