Work & commute · Pittston

Work & commute in Pittston, ME

Most working residents leave Pittston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Augusta (29%), Gardiner (8%) and Bath (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17 of 1,303 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,286 Pittston residents head out of town to work, 17 work right here, and 92 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pittston.

1,286live here, work elsewhere

17live and work here

92work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pittston goes to work

Augusta10.8 mi away

29%377

Gardiner4.6 mi away

8%99

Bath18.5 mi away

5%65

Chelsea6.1 mi away

5%61

Randolph4.6 mi away

4%47

Portland44.7 mi away

4%46

Lewiston24 mi away

3%39

Brunswick23.7 mi away

3%35

Auburn27.8 mi away

2%26

Farmingdale8.3 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%485

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

How far

How far Pittston commutes

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

37%

34%

17%

12%

37%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pittston is a commuter town

0.08jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pittston are

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

Jobs based in Pittston

109 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Pittston residents hold

1,303 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+127%

Jobs based in Pittston, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 109. 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.