Work & commute · Littleton

Work & commute in Littleton, ME

Most working residents leave Littleton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Houlton (33%), Presque Isle (12%) and Mars Hill (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 343 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 326 Littleton residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Littleton.

326live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

76work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Littleton goes to work

Houlton6.6 mi away

33%112

Presque Isle32.1 mi away

12%40

Mars Hill22.3 mi away

6%20

Bridgewater12.3 mi away

6%20

Littleton (in town)right here

5%17

Bangor107.4 mi away

4%15

Monticello6.4 mi away

2%8

Augusta160.3 mi away

2%7

Caribou41.7 mi away

2%7

South Portland216 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%92

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

How far

How far Littleton commutes

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

39%

18%

17%

26%

39%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Littleton is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Littleton are

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

Jobs based in Littleton

93 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Littleton residents hold

343 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+33%

Jobs based in Littleton, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 93. 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.