Work & commute · Jonesport

Work & commute in Jonesport, ME

Most working residents leave Jonesport for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Machias (17%), Beals (8%) and Jonesboro (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

47 of 368 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 321 Jonesport residents head out of town to work, 47 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jonesport.

321live here, work elsewhere

47live and work here

205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jonesport goes to work

Machias9.5 mi away

17%64

Jonesport (in town)right here

13%47

Beals9.9 mi away

8%28

Jonesboro9.1 mi away

5%18

Harrington14.8 mi away

5%18

Bangor66.8 mi away

4%16

Augusta112.2 mi away

4%16

Calais42.3 mi away

4%15

Milbridge20 mi away

3%10

Machiasport6.8 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%127

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

How far

How far Jonesport commutes

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

29%

32%

10%

30%

29%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jonesport is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jonesport are

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

Jobs based in Jonesport

252 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities47%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Jonesport residents hold

368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month39%

+13%

Jobs based in Jonesport, 2013 → 2023: 223 → 252. 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.