Work & commute · Knox

Work & commute in Knox, ME

Most working residents leave Knox for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Belfast (27%), Augusta (9%) and Rockland (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 293 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 289 Knox residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 93 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Knox.

289live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

93work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Knox goes to work

Belfast11.3 mi away

27%80

Augusta28.5 mi away

9%25

Rockland27.6 mi away

4%13

Portland77.8 mi away

4%12

Bangor30.1 mi away

4%11

Rockport24.8 mi away

3%8

Montville7 mi away

3%8

Camden21.8 mi away

2%7

Searsmont9.2 mi away

2%7

Waterville22 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%117

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

How far

How far Knox commutes

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

12%

45%

29%

14%

12%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Knox is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Knox are

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

Jobs based in Knox

97 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Knox residents hold

293 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+7%

Jobs based in Knox, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 97. 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.