Work & commute · Orrington

Work & commute in Orrington, ME

Most working residents leave Orrington for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (41%), Brewer (14%) and Augusta (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

87 of 1,973 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,886 Orrington residents head out of town to work, 87 work right here, and 264 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orrington.

1,886live here, work elsewhere

87live and work here

264work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orrington goes to work

Bangor9.8 mi away

41%813

Brewer6.8 mi away

14%281

Orrington (in town)right here

4%87

Augusta53.7 mi away

4%72

Hampden6.6 mi away

3%60

Orono13.4 mi away

2%45

Ellsworth15.7 mi away

2%44

Hermon11.8 mi away

2%44

Old Town18.4 mi away

1%29

Portland101.4 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%473

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

How far

How far Orrington commutes

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

66%

11%

16%

66%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orrington is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orrington are

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

Jobs based in Orrington

351 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Orrington residents hold

1,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+30%

Jobs based in Orrington, 2013 → 2023: 269 → 351. 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.