Work & commute · St. Agatha

Work & commute in St. Agatha, ME

Most working residents leave St. Agatha for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Madawaska (28%), Fort Kent (18%) and Frenchville (14%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

41 of 272 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 231 St. Agatha residents head out of town to work, 41 work right here, and 213 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Agatha.

231live here, work elsewhere

41live and work here

213work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Agatha goes to work

Madawaska5 mi away

28%77

Fort Kent10.9 mi away

18%49

St. Agatha (in town)right here

15%41

Frenchville4.6 mi away

14%37

Presque Isle40.8 mi away

3%9

Caribou32.9 mi away

3%7

Mars Hill51.6 mi away

2%5

Portland264.9 mi away

1%4

Bangor167.8 mi away

1%4

South Portland266.7 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

13%36

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

How far

How far St. Agatha commutes

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

55%

20%

17%

55%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Agatha is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Agatha are

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

Jobs based in St. Agatha

254 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities46%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs St. Agatha residents hold

272 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+57%

Jobs based in St. Agatha, 2013 → 2023: 162 → 254. 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.