Work & commute · Owls Head

Work & commute in Owls Head, ME

Most working residents leave Owls Head for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Rockland (27%), Rockport (9%) and South Thomaston (8%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 520 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 495 Owls Head residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 191 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Owls Head.

495live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

191work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Owls Head goes to work

Rockland4.3 mi away

27%139

Rockport5.8 mi away

9%45

South Thomaston4.9 mi away

8%39

Thomaston5.8 mi away

7%34

Owls Head (in town)right here

5%25

Augusta37.6 mi away

4%19

Portland64.5 mi away

3%18

Camden9.1 mi away

3%18

Bangor52.8 mi away

3%15

Warren9.6 mi away

3%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%153

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

How far

How far Owls Head commutes

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

61%

12%

18%

61%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Owls Head is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Owls Head are

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

Jobs based in Owls Head

216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Owls Head residents hold

520 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+31%

Jobs based in Owls Head, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 216. 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.