Work & commute · Machias

Work & commute in Machias, ME

About one in 3 of Machias’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bangor (5%), Machiasport (4%) and East Machias (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

265 of 717 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 452 Machias residents head out of town to work, 265 work right here, and 1,669 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Machias.

452live here, work elsewhere

265live and work here

1,669work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Machias goes to work

Machias (in town)right here

37%265

Bangor66.6 mi away

5%39

Machiasport5.7 mi away

4%27

East Machias5.7 mi away

3%23

Ellsworth51.5 mi away

3%22

Marshfield4.1 mi away

3%22

Beals18.9 mi away

3%19

Jonesport9.5 mi away

2%13

Augusta115.6 mi away

2%12

Whitneyville6.3 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%263

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

How far

How far Machias commutes

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

51%

10%

31%

51%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

31%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Machias is a job hub

2.70jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Machias are

1,934 jobs are based in Machias. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Machias’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Machias

1,934 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Machias residents hold

717 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+8%

Jobs based in Machias, 2013 → 2023: 1,783 → 1,934. 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.