Work & commute · Old

Work & commute in Old, ME

Most working residents leave Old for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (36%), Orono (12%) and Brewer (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

433 of 3,478 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,045 Old residents head out of town to work, 433 work right here, and 1,921 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old.

3,045live here, work elsewhere

433live and work here

1,921work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Old goes to work

Bangor8.9 mi away

36%1,256

Old Town (in town)right here

12%433

Orono5 mi away

12%427

Brewer11.7 mi away

5%162

Augusta65 mi away

3%105

Ellsworth28.6 mi away

2%80

Hampden16.8 mi away

2%69

Hermon12.7 mi away

2%69

Portland115.9 mi away

1%45

Milford8.4 mi away

1%43

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%789

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

How far

How far Old commutes

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

45%

30%

18%

45%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Old is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Old are

2,354 jobs are based in Old. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Old

2,354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Old residents hold

3,478 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−8%

Jobs based in Old, 2013 → 2023: 2,568 → 2,354. 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.