Work & commute · Mattawamkeag

Work & commute in Mattawamkeag, ME

Most working residents leave Mattawamkeag for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (20%), Bangor (10%) and Lee (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 196 working residents

Typical commute

26 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 193 Mattawamkeag residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mattawamkeag.

193live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mattawamkeag goes to work

Lincoln14.8 mi away

20%39

Bangor54.9 mi away

10%19

Lee11.5 mi away

6%11

Springfield11.4 mi away

5%9

Portland161.5 mi away

4%7

Millinocket20.3 mi away

4%7

Clinton85.9 mi away

3%6

Old Town46.1 mi away

3%5

Houlton46.6 mi away

3%5

Presque Isle80.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%84

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

How far

How far Mattawamkeag commutes

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

42%

11%

40%

7%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

40%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mattawamkeag is a commuter town

0.16jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mattawamkeag are

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

Jobs based in Mattawamkeag

32 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Mattawamkeag residents hold

196 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+45%

Jobs based in Mattawamkeag, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 32. 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.