Work & commute · North Haven

Work & commute in North Haven, ME

About one in 4 of North Haven’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Vinalhaven (39%), Rockland (5%) and Portland (2%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

32 of 132 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

9 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 100 North Haven residents head out of town to work, 32 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Haven.

100live here, work elsewhere

32live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Haven goes to work

Vinalhaven10.1 mi away

39%51

North Haven (in town)right here

24%32

Rockland11.1 mi away

5%6

Portland72.7 mi away

2%3

Lewiston62.8 mi away

2%3

Scarborough81.3 mi away

2%3

Warren16.7 mi away

2%3

Bangor47.8 mi away

2%2

Isle au Haut15.5 mi away

2%2

Lake Buena Vista, FL1293 mi away

1%1

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%26

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

How far

How far North Haven commutes

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

62%

14%

18%

62%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Haven is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Haven are

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

Jobs based in North Haven

164 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs North Haven residents hold

132 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−14%

Jobs based in North Haven, 2013 → 2023: 190 → 164. 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.