Work & commute · Industry

Work & commute in Industry, ME

Most working residents leave Industry for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (17%), Augusta (7%) and Portland (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 333 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 325 Industry residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Industry.

325live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

108work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Industry goes to work

Farmington6.8 mi away

17%57

Augusta32.7 mi away

7%23

Portland77.5 mi away

7%22

Strong8.2 mi away

5%15

Carrabassett Valley24.3 mi away

4%13

Skowhegan18.7 mi away

3%11

Waterville23.8 mi away

3%9

Wilton13 mi away

3%9

Lewiston46.1 mi away

2%8

Rangeley36.4 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%158

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

How far

How far Industry commutes

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

23%

27%

23%

27%

23%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Industry is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Industry are

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

Jobs based in Industry

116 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities91%

Services (health, schools, offices…)9%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Industry residents hold

333 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+383%

Jobs based in Industry, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 116. 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.