Work & commute · Patten

Work & commute in Patten, ME

Most working residents leave Patten for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Houlton (10%), Stacyville (8%) and Millinocket (5%). Half commute less than 32 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

53 of 294 working residents

Typical commute

32 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 241 Patten residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 220 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Patten.

241live here, work elsewhere

53live and work here

220work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Patten goes to work

Patten (in town)right here

18%53

Houlton32.8 mi away

10%29

Stacyville6.6 mi away

8%23

Millinocket25.3 mi away

5%14

Bangor81.5 mi away

4%13

Lincoln43.9 mi away

4%12

Augusta129.4 mi away

3%8

Chester38.6 mi away

3%8

East Millinocket23.9 mi away

2%7

South Portland185.2 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%122

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

How far

How far Patten commutes

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

29%

27%

39%

29%Under 10 mi

5%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

39%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Patten is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Patten are

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

Jobs based in Patten

273 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Patten residents hold

294 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−7%

Jobs based in Patten, 2013 → 2023: 294 → 273. 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.