Work & commute · Lubec

Work & commute in Lubec, ME

About one in 5 of Lubec’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Machias (14%), Bangor (5%) and Machiasport (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

71 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 284 Lubec residents head out of town to work, 71 work right here, and 117 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lubec.

284live here, work elsewhere

71live and work here

117work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lubec goes to work

Lubec (in town)right here

20%71

Machias21.6 mi away

14%49

Bangor86.1 mi away

5%17

Machiasport21.1 mi away

5%16

East Machias19 mi away

4%15

Cutler12.3 mi away

3%11

Ellsworth72.8 mi away

3%10

Eastport7.3 mi away

3%9

Calais25 mi away

2%6

Pembroke9.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%145

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

How far

How far Lubec commutes

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

29%

26%

12%

33%

29%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lubec is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lubec are

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

Jobs based in Lubec

188 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month49%

Over $3,333 a month31%

Jobs Lubec residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−32%

Jobs based in Lubec, 2013 → 2023: 278 → 188. 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.