Work & commute · Milbridge

Work & commute in Milbridge, ME

Most working residents leave Milbridge for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Cherryfield (9%), Ellsworth (8%) and Steuben (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

75 of 456 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 381 Milbridge residents head out of town to work, 75 work right here, and 401 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milbridge.

381live here, work elsewhere

75live and work here

401work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milbridge goes to work

Milbridge (in town)right here

16%75

Cherryfield12.3 mi away

9%41

Ellsworth31.5 mi away

8%36

Steuben4 mi away

5%25

Bar Harbor20.2 mi away

5%21

Gouldsboro10.6 mi away

4%18

Machias26.3 mi away

4%17

Harrington8.7 mi away

3%15

Bangor52.2 mi away

3%13

Addison8.8 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%184

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

How far

How far Milbridge commutes

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

38%

21%

20%

22%

38%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milbridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Milbridge are

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

Jobs based in Milbridge

476 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Milbridge residents hold

456 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−4%

Jobs based in Milbridge, 2013 → 2023: 498 → 476. 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.