Work & commute · Millinocket

Work & commute in Millinocket, ME

43% of Millinocket’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Bangor (9%), Lincoln (4%) and East Millinocket (3%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43%

575 of 1,342 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 767 Millinocket residents head out of town to work, 575 work right here, and 629 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Millinocket.

767live here, work elsewhere

575live and work here

629work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Millinocket goes to work

Millinocket (in town)right here

43%575

Bangor56.9 mi away

9%115

Lincoln23.4 mi away

4%59

East Millinocket4.1 mi away

3%36

Portland157.7 mi away

2%31

Brewer59.8 mi away

2%27

Augusta104.4 mi away

2%26

Medway10.4 mi away

2%26

Houlton52.8 mi away

2%24

South Portland160.2 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%404

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

How far

How far Millinocket commutes

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

47%

44%

47%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Millinocket is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Millinocket are

1,204 jobs are based in Millinocket. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Millinocket’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Millinocket

1,204 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Millinocket residents hold

1,342 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month42%

−7%

Jobs based in Millinocket, 2013 → 2023: 1,298 → 1,204. 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.