Work & commute · New Canada

Work & commute in New Canada, ME

Most working residents leave New Canada for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Kent (31%), South Portland (5%) and Presque Isle (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 99 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 92 New Canada residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Canada.

92live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

46work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Canada goes to work

Fort Kent5 mi away

31%31

New Canada (in town)right here

7%7

South Portland259.1 mi away

5%5

Presque Isle40.1 mi away

5%5

Caribou34.2 mi away

4%4

St. John plantation11.6 mi away

4%4

Eagle Lake10.8 mi away

4%4

Brewer164.7 mi away

3%3

St. Francis17.9 mi away

3%3

Wallagrass6.1 mi away

3%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%30

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

How far

How far New Canada commutes

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

46%

11%

13%

29%

46%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Canada is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Canada are

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

Jobs based in New Canada

53 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)60%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)6%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs New Canada residents hold

99 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+121%

Jobs based in New Canada, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 53. 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.