Work & commute · Pembroke

Work & commute in Pembroke, ME

Most working residents leave Pembroke for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Calais (19%), Machias (10%) and Baileyville (8%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 249 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 243 Pembroke residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pembroke.

243live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

72work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pembroke goes to work

Calais16.2 mi away

19%47

Machias21.5 mi away

10%25

Baileyville23.7 mi away

8%19

Eastport6.1 mi away

7%17

Bangor81.2 mi away

4%11

Charlotte9.4 mi away

3%8

Machiasport23.4 mi away

3%7

Presque Isle129.2 mi away

2%6

Pembroke (in town)right here

2%6

Whiting12.3 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%98

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

How far

How far Pembroke commutes

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

14%

48%

32%

14%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pembroke is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pembroke are

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

Jobs based in Pembroke

78 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities50%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Pembroke residents hold

249 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+20%

Jobs based in Pembroke, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 78. 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.