Work & commute · Mapleton

Work & commute in Mapleton, ME

Most working residents leave Mapleton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Presque Isle (48%), Caribou (8%) and Easton (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 796 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 748 Mapleton residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 188 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mapleton.

748live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

188work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mapleton goes to work

Presque Isle5.7 mi away

48%385

Caribou12.5 mi away

8%60

Mapleton (in town)right here

6%48

Easton13.4 mi away

4%35

Bangor133.4 mi away

4%34

Washburn6.2 mi away

2%18

Mars Hill15.7 mi away

2%16

Augusta181.4 mi away

2%12

Fort Kent41.2 mi away

1%11

Houlton40.9 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%166

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

How far

How far Mapleton commutes

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

59%

18%

19%

59%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mapleton is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mapleton are

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

Jobs based in Mapleton

236 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)63%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Mapleton residents hold

796 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+20%

Jobs based in Mapleton, 2013 → 2023: 196 → 236. 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.