Work & commute · Lincoln

Work & commute in Lincoln, ME

About one in 3 of Lincoln’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bangor (13%), Brewer (4%) and Old Town (3%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

727 of 1,954 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 1,227 Lincoln residents head out of town to work, 727 work right here, and 1,363 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lincoln.

1,227live here, work elsewhere

727live and work here

1,363work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lincoln goes to work

Lincoln (in town)right here

37%727

Bangor40.1 mi away

13%245

Brewer42 mi away

4%83

Old Town31.3 mi away

3%64

Chester6.1 mi away

3%63

Portland146.8 mi away

2%40

Howland14.6 mi away

2%35

Augusta94.8 mi away

2%34

Enfield8.4 mi away

2%30

Orono35.8 mi away

1%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%606

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

How far

How far Lincoln commutes

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

43%

26%

25%

43%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lincoln is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lincoln are

2,090 jobs are based in Lincoln. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lincoln’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lincoln

2,090 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Lincoln residents hold

1,954 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−10%

Jobs based in Lincoln, 2013 → 2023: 2,335 → 2,090. 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.