Work & commute · Rangeley

Work & commute in Rangeley, ME

58% of Rangeley’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Portland (4%), Dallas plantation (2%) and Bangor (2%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58%

231 of 396 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 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 165 Rangeley residents head out of town to work, 231 work right here, and 575 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rangeley.

165live here, work elsewhere

231live and work here

575work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rangeley goes to work

Rangeley (in town)right here

58%231

Portland96.1 mi away

4%15

Dallas plantation6.6 mi away

2%9

Bangor95.2 mi away

2%7

Rangeley plantation7.3 mi away

2%6

Farmington35 mi away

2%6

Lewiston66.6 mi away

1%5

Carrabassett Valley23 mi away

1%5

Kingfield25.9 mi away

1%5

Westbrook89.1 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%103

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

How far

How far Rangeley commutes

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

63%

30%

63%Under 10 mi

2%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rangeley is a job hub

2.04jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rangeley are

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

Jobs based in Rangeley

806 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month40%

Jobs Rangeley residents hold

396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month44%

+38%

Jobs based in Rangeley, 2013 → 2023: 584 → 806. 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.