Work & commute · Presque Isle

Work & commute in Presque Isle, ME

56% of Presque Isle’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Caribou (7%), Bangor (4%) and Easton (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56%

2,148 of 3,812 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 1,664 Presque Isle residents head out of town to work, 2,148 work right here, and 4,356 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Presque Isle.

1,664live here, work elsewhere

2,148live and work here

4,356work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Presque Isle goes to work

Presque Isle (in town)right here

56%2,148

Caribou10.6 mi away

7%272

Bangor134 mi away

4%157

Easton7.9 mi away

3%114

Mars Hill11.1 mi away

3%107

Houlton38.5 mi away

2%81

Fort Fairfield8.7 mi away

2%63

Augusta183.1 mi away

1%57

Mapleton5.7 mi away

1%46

Belfast164.1 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%725

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

How far

How far Presque Isle commutes

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

63%

13%

21%

63%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

4%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Presque Isle is a job hub

1.71jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Presque Isle are

6,504 jobs are based in Presque Isle. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Presque Isle’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Presque Isle

6,504 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Presque Isle residents hold

3,812 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−3%

Jobs based in Presque Isle, 2013 → 2023: 6,732 → 6,504. 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.