Work & commute · Rockland

Work & commute in Rockland, ME

About one in 3 of Rockland’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rockport (12%), Thomaston (6%) and Camden (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

839 of 2,627 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,788 Rockland residents head out of town to work, 839 work right here, and 4,254 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockland.

1,788live here, work elsewhere

839live and work here

4,254work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockland goes to work

Rockland (in town)right here

32%839

Rockport3.7 mi away

12%305

Thomaston2.3 mi away

6%165

Camden7.6 mi away

5%139

Augusta33.3 mi away

4%104

Bangor51.6 mi away

4%93

Portland62.5 mi away

3%76

Warren5.6 mi away

2%63

Waterville39.2 mi away

2%53

Belfast21.5 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%745

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

How far

How far Rockland commutes

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

61%

15%

18%

61%Under 10 mi

6%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockland is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockland are

5,093 jobs are based in Rockland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockland

5,093 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Rockland residents hold

2,627 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−20%

Jobs based in Rockland, 2013 → 2023: 6,349 → 5,093. 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.