Work & commute · Monson

Work & commute in Monson, ME

Most working residents leave Monson for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Greenville (15%), Dover-Foxcroft (14%) and Guilford (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 240 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 225 Monson residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monson.

225live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monson goes to work

Greenville11.6 mi away

15%35

Dover-Foxcroft17 mi away

14%33

Guilford10 mi away

9%22

Monson (in town)right here

6%15

Bangor47.4 mi away

6%14

Augusta67.5 mi away

4%10

Portland119.8 mi away

3%6

Auburn91.5 mi away

3%6

Shirley7.6 mi away

3%6

Brewer51.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%88

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

How far

How far Monson commutes

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

15%

39%

15%

30%

15%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monson is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monson are

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

Jobs based in Monson

84 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Monson residents hold

240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

+147%

Jobs based in Monson, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 84. 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.