Work & commute · Milo

Work & commute in Milo, ME

Most working residents leave Milo for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (16%), Dover-Foxcroft (12%) and Guilford (4%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

142 of 831 working residents

Typical commute

30 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 689 Milo residents head out of town to work, 142 work right here, and 493 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Milo.

689live here, work elsewhere

142live and work here

493work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Milo goes to work

Milo (in town)right here

17%142

Bangor31.9 mi away

16%130

Dover-Foxcroft11.8 mi away

12%98

Guilford17.7 mi away

4%34

Sebec6 mi away

4%32

Augusta74.2 mi away

3%26

Brewer35.7 mi away

3%21

Hermon31.3 mi away

3%21

Old Town24.9 mi away

2%20

Orono29.4 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%295

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

How far

How far Milo commutes

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

23%

22%

31%

24%

23%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Milo is balanced between jobs and homes

0.76jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.76 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Milo are

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

Jobs based in Milo

635 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Milo residents hold

831 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

+31%

Jobs based in Milo, 2013 → 2023: 484 → 635. 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.