Work & commute · Limestone

Work & commute in Limestone, ME

About one in 4 of Limestone’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Caribou (22%), Presque Isle (20%) and Bangor (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

115 of 494 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 379 Limestone residents head out of town to work, 115 work right here, and 294 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Limestone.

379live here, work elsewhere

115live and work here

294work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Limestone goes to work

Limestone (in town)right here

23%115

Caribou6 mi away

22%109

Presque Isle16.3 mi away

20%100

Bangor150.3 mi away

4%18

Easton18.9 mi away

3%17

Fort Fairfield8.5 mi away

2%11

Augusta199.4 mi away

2%9

Mars Hill24 mi away

2%9

Fort Kent38.8 mi away

2%8

Calais125.7 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%91

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

How far

How far Limestone commutes

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

41%

32%

23%

41%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Limestone is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Limestone are

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

Jobs based in Limestone

409 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Limestone residents hold

494 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−53%

Jobs based in Limestone, 2013 → 2023: 863 → 409. 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.