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Work & commute in Mariaville · A commuter town

97% of Mariaville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Mariaville for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ellsworth (20%), Bangor (13%) and Bar Harbor (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Work in town
3%
6 of 183 working residents
Typical commute
19 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
37 min
More than ME (25 min)
Work from home
10%
Less than ME (16%)
Jobs based here
44
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Mariaville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

20% of working residents work in Ellsworth

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Brewer: 5 residents work here (3%)Portland: 5 residents work here (3%)Bangor: 23 residents work here (13%)Ellsworth: 37 residents work here (20%)Gouldsboro: 4 residents work here (2%)Hancock: 5 residents work here (3%)MariavilleBar Harbor: 11 residents work here (6%)SullivanOsbornNewburghFranklinLamoine: 4 residents work here (2%)OtisWalthamAuroraAmherstTrenton: 7 residents work here (4%)EllsworthBangorBar HarborTrentonBrewerPortlandMariaville
1
Ellsworth12.1 mi away
20%37
2
Bangor20.4 mi away
13%23
3
Bar Harbor24.9 mi away
6%11
4
Trenton19.4 mi away
4%7
5
Mariaville (in town)right here
3%6
6
Brewer17.1 mi away
3%5
7
Portland117.6 mi away
3%5
8
Hancock16 mi away
3%5
9
Gouldsboro26.6 mi away
2%4
10
Lamoine17.9 mi away
2%4
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%76
The top trips

Where Mariaville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 37 minutes each way, longer than most of Maine

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
280 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Mariaville37 min
Maine25 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
10%

of Mariaville workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Mariaville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 177 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.

177live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
38work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night720
Workday590
720live here− 180head out to work+ 38come in to work= 590on a workday

About 590 people are in Mariaville on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.24jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Mariaville commutes less than 19 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miEllsworth: 20% · 12.1 miBangor: 13% · 20.4 miBar Harbor: 6% · 24.9 miTrenton: 4% · 19.4 miBrewer: 3% · 17.1 miPortland: 3% · 117.6 miHancock: 3% · 16 miGouldsboro: 2% · 26.6 miLamoine: 2% · 17.9 miEllsworth 20%Bangor 13%Bar Harbor 6%Trenton 4%Brewer 3%Mariaville
MariavilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
15%Under 10 mi27 residents
56%10–24 mi103 residents
10%25–50 mi19 residents
19%Over 50 mi34 residents

About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mariaville makes things: 41% of its jobs are in goods

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

Jobs based in MariavilleJobs Mariaville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms41%25%
Trade, transport & utilities23%26%
Services: health, schools, offices36%49%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less27%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%32%
Over $3,333 a month50%57%

Who does it

29 or younger25%20%
30 to 5455%51%
55 and older20%29%
+159%

Jobs based in Mariaville, 2013 → 2023: 17 → 44. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

Mariaville and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Mariaville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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