Work & commute · Penobscot

Work & commute in Penobscot, ME

Most working residents leave Penobscot for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Castine (17%), Blue Hill (10%) and Ellsworth (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 326 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 306 Penobscot residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Penobscot.

306live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

81work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Penobscot goes to work

Castine6.2 mi away

17%57

Blue Hill10.4 mi away

10%32

Ellsworth13.1 mi away

8%26

Penobscot (in town)right here

6%20

Bangor24.3 mi away

6%19

Portland94 mi away

3%11

Augusta51.7 mi away

3%10

Belfast16.2 mi away

2%8

Orono27.6 mi away

2%8

Bar Harbor22.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%128

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

How far

How far Penobscot commutes

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

37%

30%

10%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Penobscot 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 Penobscot are

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

Jobs based in Penobscot

101 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month48%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Penobscot residents hold

326 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−32%

Jobs based in Penobscot, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 101. 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.