Work & commute · Northport

Work & commute in Northport, ME

Most working residents leave Northport for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Belfast (19%), Islesboro (7%) and Lincolnville (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 570 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 547 Northport residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Northport.

547live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

239work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Northport goes to work

Belfast4.9 mi away

19%110

Islesboro7.2 mi away

7%41

Lincolnville5.7 mi away

6%36

Rockport14.1 mi away

6%35

Rockland17.7 mi away

6%34

Camden10.1 mi away

6%34

Bangor34 mi away

5%28

Augusta36.8 mi away

4%25

Northport (in town)right here

4%23

Portland77.8 mi away

3%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%187

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

How far

How far Northport commutes

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

41%

23%

21%

16%

41%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Northport is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Northport are

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

Jobs based in Northport

262 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Northport residents hold

570 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+60%

Jobs based in Northport, 2013 → 2023: 164 → 262. 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.