Work & commute · Pittsfield

Work & commute in Pittsfield, ME

About one in 5 of Pittsfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bangor (9%), Augusta (7%) and Waterville (5%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

400 of 1,800 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,400 Pittsfield residents head out of town to work, 400 work right here, and 1,683 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittsfield.

1,400live here, work elsewhere

400live and work here

1,683work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittsfield goes to work

Pittsfield (in town)right here

22%400

Bangor31.9 mi away

9%170

Augusta33.5 mi away

7%118

Waterville19.1 mi away

5%94

Newport12.5 mi away

4%76

Skowhegan11.5 mi away

4%66

Portland86.9 mi away

3%47

Fairfield13.8 mi away

3%47

Brewer34.3 mi away

2%44

Winslow18.4 mi away

2%34

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%704

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

How far

How far Pittsfield commutes

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

30%

20%

29%

21%

30%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

29%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittsfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittsfield are

2,083 jobs are based in Pittsfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pittsfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pittsfield

2,083 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Pittsfield residents hold

1,800 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−30%

Jobs based in Pittsfield, 2013 → 2023: 2,965 → 2,083. 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.