Work & commute · Minot

Work & commute in Minot, ME

Most working residents leave Minot for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn (21%), Lewiston (19%) and Mechanic Falls (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

28 of 1,264 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,236 Minot residents head out of town to work, 28 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Minot.

1,236live here, work elsewhere

28live and work here

243work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Minot goes to work

Auburn5.7 mi away

21%271

Lewiston8.8 mi away

19%241

Mechanic Falls4.1 mi away

6%80

Portland35.7 mi away

6%76

Poland6.8 mi away

5%57

Augusta32.8 mi away

2%30

Minot (in town)right here

2%28

Paris10.8 mi away

2%27

Oxford6.8 mi away

2%27

Bath28.1 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%404

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

How far

How far Minot commutes

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

55%

16%

23%

55%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Minot is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Minot are

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

Jobs based in Minot

271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)58%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Minot residents hold

1,264 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+38%

Jobs based in Minot, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 271. 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.