Work & commute · Madawaska

Work & commute in Madawaska, ME

54% of Madawaska’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Fort Kent (10%), Frenchville (5%) and St. Agatha (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

54%

798 of 1,489 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 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 691 Madawaska residents head out of town to work, 798 work right here, and 628 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madawaska.

691live here, work elsewhere

798live and work here

628work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madawaska goes to work

Madawaska (in town)right here

54%798

Fort Kent14.8 mi away

10%150

Frenchville7 mi away

5%68

St. Agatha5 mi away

4%55

Presque Isle43.5 mi away

3%52

Van Buren13.8 mi away

2%36

Caribou34.9 mi away

2%35

Bangor172.2 mi away

2%29

Augusta216.5 mi away

1%22

Portland269.7 mi away

1%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

15%223

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

How far

How far Madawaska commutes

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

60%

15%

18%

60%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madawaska is balanced between jobs and homes

0.96jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Madawaska are

1,426 jobs are based in Madawaska. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madawaska’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madawaska

1,426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Madawaska residents hold

1,489 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−23%

Jobs based in Madawaska, 2013 → 2023: 1,853 → 1,426. 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.