Work & commute · Island Falls

Work & commute in Island Falls, ME

Most working residents leave Island Falls for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Houlton (10%), Patten (8%) and Dyer Brook (7%). Half commute less than 29 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 229 working residents

Typical commute

29 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 218 Island Falls residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Island Falls.

218live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Island Falls goes to work

Houlton20.3 mi away

10%24

Patten13.9 mi away

8%18

Dyer Brook7.7 mi away

7%17

Bangor84.8 mi away

6%13

New Limerick14.2 mi away

6%13

Island Falls (in town)right here

5%11

Sherman10 mi away

4%9

Orono80.6 mi away

3%8

Calais75.2 mi away

3%6

Presque Isle49.6 mi away

3%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%104

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

How far

How far Island Falls commutes

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

20%

29%

42%

20%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

42%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Island Falls is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Island Falls are

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

Jobs based in Island Falls

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less34%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Island Falls residents hold

229 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−3%

Jobs based in Island Falls, 2013 → 2023: 151 → 146. 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.