Work & commute · Otis

Work & commute in Otis, ME

Most working residents leave Otis for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (28%), Ellsworth (14%) and Brewer (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 318 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 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 315 Otis residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otis.

315live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otis goes to work

Bangor16.5 mi away

28%88

Ellsworth9.6 mi away

14%44

Brewer12.8 mi away

8%25

Bar Harbor25 mi away

5%16

Augusta66.9 mi away

3%11

Dedham3.6 mi away

3%10

Waterville58.9 mi away

2%7

Portland112.7 mi away

2%5

Skowhegan57.9 mi away

2%5

Orono16.5 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%102

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

How far

How far Otis commutes

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

12%

58%

20%

12%Under 10 mi

58%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otis is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otis are

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

Jobs based in Otis

76 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Otis residents hold

318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−59%

Jobs based in Otis, 2013 → 2023: 184 → 76. 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.