Work & commute · Sorrento

Work & commute in Sorrento, ME

Most working residents leave Sorrento for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Ellsworth (23%), Bar Harbor (15%) and Trenton (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 128 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 124 Sorrento residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 61 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sorrento.

124live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

61work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sorrento goes to work

Ellsworth16.6 mi away

23%30

Bar Harbor6.6 mi away

15%19

Trenton10.4 mi away

6%8

Bangor38.7 mi away

5%7

Hancock6.5 mi away

5%7

Southwest Harbor16.2 mi away

4%5

Rockland52.8 mi away

3%4

Sorrento (in town)right here

3%4

Franklin9.4 mi away

3%4

Gouldsboro5.9 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%37

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

How far

How far Sorrento commutes

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

33%

41%

17%

33%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sorrento is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sorrento are

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

Jobs based in Sorrento

65 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Sorrento residents hold

128 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+91%

Jobs based in Sorrento, 2013 → 2023: 34 → 65. 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.