Work & commute · Rockport

Work & commute in Rockport, ME

About one in 4 of Rockport’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rockland (15%), Camden (12%) and Belfast (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

317 of 1,318 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

11 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,001 Rockport residents head out of town to work, 317 work right here, and 2,767 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockport.

1,001live here, work elsewhere

317live and work here

2,767work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockport goes to work

Rockport (in town)right here

24%317

Rockland3.7 mi away

15%203

Camden3.9 mi away

12%157

Belfast18 mi away

5%60

Thomaston5.8 mi away

4%55

Portland65.8 mi away

3%41

Augusta33.7 mi away

3%34

Warren8 mi away

3%33

Bangor48 mi away

2%27

Waterville38.2 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%372

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

How far

How far Rockport commutes

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

60%

11%

14%

15%

60%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockport is a job hub

2.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockport are

3,084 jobs are based in Rockport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockport

3,084 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Rockport residents hold

1,318 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+28%

Jobs based in Rockport, 2013 → 2023: 2,403 → 3,084. 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.