Work & commute · Searsmont

Work & commute in Searsmont, ME

Most working residents leave Searsmont for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Belfast (26%), Rockport (5%) and Augusta (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18 of 525 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 507 Searsmont residents head out of town to work, 18 work right here, and 247 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Searsmont.

507live here, work elsewhere

18live and work here

247work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Searsmont goes to work

Belfast9 mi away

26%138

Rockport15.8 mi away

5%26

Augusta26.6 mi away

4%19

Rockland18.4 mi away

3%18

Searsmont (in town)right here

3%18

Camden13.2 mi away

3%16

Portland71.4 mi away

2%13

Knox9.2 mi away

2%13

Waterville25.3 mi away

2%12

Bangor36.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%240

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

How far

How far Searsmont commutes

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

28%

39%

21%

12%

28%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Searsmont is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Searsmont are

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

Jobs based in Searsmont

265 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)71%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)22%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Searsmont residents hold

525 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+56%

Jobs based in Searsmont, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 265. 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.