Work & commute · Searsport

Work & commute in Searsport, ME

Most working residents leave Searsport for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Belfast (23%), Bangor (9%) and Bucksport (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

114 of 990 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 876 Searsport residents head out of town to work, 114 work right here, and 675 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Searsport.

876live here, work elsewhere

114live and work here

675work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Searsport goes to work

Belfast5.7 mi away

23%224

Searsport (in town)right here

12%114

Bangor25.7 mi away

9%87

Bucksport14.5 mi away

4%38

Augusta40.9 mi away

4%37

Portland85.1 mi away

3%32

Brewer23.7 mi away

3%27

Ellsworth23.4 mi away

2%23

Waterville36.5 mi away

2%21

Hampden18.2 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%367

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

How far

How far Searsport commutes

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

39%

24%

22%

15%

39%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Searsport is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Searsport are

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

Jobs based in Searsport

789 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities38%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Searsport residents hold

990 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+8%

Jobs based in Searsport, 2013 → 2023: 730 → 789. 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.