Work & commute · St. George

Work & commute in St. George, ME

About one in 5 of St. George’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rockland (21%), Thomaston (7%) and Rockport (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

163 of 727 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 564 St. George residents head out of town to work, 163 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. George.

564live here, work elsewhere

163live and work here

210work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. George goes to work

St. George (in town)right here

22%163

Rockland15.7 mi away

21%151

Thomaston14.1 mi away

7%53

Rockport19.3 mi away

5%37

Portland51.2 mi away

5%33

Camden23.3 mi away

3%25

Augusta38.5 mi away

3%21

Bangor67.3 mi away

2%16

Warren15.1 mi away

2%16

Waterville48.8 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%198

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

How far

How far St. George commutes

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

42%

27%

12%

19%

42%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. George 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 St. George are

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

Jobs based in St. George

373 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs St. George residents hold

727 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+35%

Jobs based in St. George, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 373. 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.