Work & commute · Islesboro

Work & commute in Islesboro, ME

Most working residents leave Islesboro for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Belfast (25%), Rockland (8%) and Rockport (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

22 of 212 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

8 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 190 Islesboro residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Islesboro.

190live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

260work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Islesboro goes to work

Belfast12.1 mi away

25%52

Islesboro (in town)right here

10%22

Rockland14 mi away

8%18

Rockport10.5 mi away

7%15

Bangor39.6 mi away

6%12

Northport7.2 mi away

5%11

Lincolnville7.6 mi away

5%11

Camden7.3 mi away

3%6

Portland76.3 mi away

2%5

Augusta40.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%55

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

How far

How far Islesboro commutes

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

35%

39%

16%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Islesboro is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Islesboro are

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

Jobs based in Islesboro

282 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Islesboro residents hold

212 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+20%

Jobs based in Islesboro, 2013 → 2023: 235 → 282. 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.