Work & commute · Montville

Work & commute in Montville, ME

Most working residents leave Montville for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Belfast (26%), Augusta (9%) and Searsmont (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 384 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 378 Montville residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 135 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montville.

378live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

135work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montville goes to work

Belfast13.1 mi away

26%98

Augusta22.9 mi away

9%35

Searsmont5.6 mi away

4%16

Portland70.9 mi away

3%10

Bangor36.9 mi away

2%9

Camden18.4 mi away

2%9

Rockport20.6 mi away

2%9

Waterville19.8 mi away

2%8

Belmont9 mi away

2%7

Knox7 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%176

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

How far

How far Montville commutes

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

13%

52%

22%

13%

13%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montville is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Montville are

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

Jobs based in Montville

141 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Montville residents hold

384 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+104%

Jobs based in Montville, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 141. 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.