Work & commute · Levant

Work & commute in Levant, ME

Most working residents leave Levant for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (41%), Brewer (7%) and Hermon (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

101 of 1,451 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,350 Levant residents head out of town to work, 101 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Levant.

1,350live here, work elsewhere

101live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Levant goes to work

Bangor10.7 mi away

41%598

Levant (in town)right here

7%101

Brewer14.3 mi away

7%97

Hermon5.5 mi away

5%74

Augusta52.1 mi away

3%49

Hampden11.4 mi away

3%49

Portland104.1 mi away

2%30

Orono12.6 mi away

2%29

Waterville39.9 mi away

1%19

Pittsfield22.7 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%388

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

How far

How far Levant commutes

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

29%

47%

17%

29%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Levant is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Levant are

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

Jobs based in Levant

255 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Levant residents hold

1,451 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+82%

Jobs based in Levant, 2013 → 2023: 140 → 255. 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.