Work & commute · South Thomaston

Work & commute in South Thomaston, ME

Most working residents leave South Thomaston for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Rockland (29%), Rockport (11%) and Thomaston (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23 of 555 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 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 532 South Thomaston residents head out of town to work, 23 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Thomaston.

532live here, work elsewhere

23live and work here

183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Thomaston goes to work

Rockland5.6 mi away

29%159

Rockport8.9 mi away

11%59

Thomaston4.9 mi away

7%39

Owls Head4.9 mi away

5%26

South Thomaston (in town)right here

4%23

Bangor56.9 mi away

3%19

St. George10.6 mi away

3%19

Portland59.7 mi away

3%17

Camden12.8 mi away

3%15

Belfast26.9 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%166

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

How far

How far South Thomaston commutes

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

57%

12%

13%

19%

57%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Thomaston is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Thomaston are

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

Jobs based in South Thomaston

206 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs South Thomaston residents hold

555 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 month56%

−6%

Jobs based in South Thomaston, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 206. 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.