Work & commute · Sebec

Work & commute in Sebec, ME

Most working residents leave Sebec for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Milo (20%), Dover-Foxcroft (15%) and Bangor (15%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 259 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 248 Sebec residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 182 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sebec.

248live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

182work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sebec goes to work

Milo6 mi away

20%52

Dover-Foxcroft6.2 mi away

15%40

Bangor32.4 mi away

15%38

Sebec (in town)right here

4%11

Orono30.7 mi away

4%10

Augusta69.9 mi away

2%6

Guilford11.7 mi away

2%5

Hermon30.6 mi away

2%5

Portland123.3 mi away

2%4

Belfast56.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%84

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

How far

How far Sebec commutes

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

42%

31%

20%

42%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sebec is a commuter town

0.75jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sebec are

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

Jobs based in Sebec

193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Sebec residents hold

259 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−31%

Jobs based in Sebec, 2013 → 2023: 279 → 193. 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.