Work & commute · Mount Chase

Work & commute in Mount Chase, ME

Most working residents leave Mount Chase for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Patten (22%), Houlton (16%) and Bangor (10%). Half commute less than 35 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 63 working residents

Typical commute

35 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 62 Mount Chase residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mount Chase.

62live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mount Chase goes to work

Patten7.3 mi away

22%14

Houlton31.4 mi away

16%10

Bangor88.7 mi away

10%6

Millinocket32.2 mi away

5%3

Scarborough196.4 mi away

3%2

Stacyville13.9 mi away

3%2

Veazie87 mi away

3%2

East Millinocket31 mi away

3%2

South Portland191.6 mi away

2%1

Portland189.3 mi away

2%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%20

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

How far

How far Mount Chase commutes

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

24%

27%

44%

24%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

44%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mount Chase is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mount Chase are

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

Jobs based in Mount Chase

30 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)0%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)100%

$1,250 a month or less67%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month7%

Jobs Mount Chase residents hold

63 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

+0%

Jobs based in Mount Chase, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 30. 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.