Work & commute · St. John plantation

Work & commute in St. John plantation, ME

Most working residents leave St. John plantation for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Fort Kent (36%), Madawaska (9%) and Eagle Lake (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 81 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 76 St. John plantation residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 99 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. John plantation.

76live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

99work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. John plantation goes to work

Fort Kent9.5 mi away

36%29

Madawaska24.3 mi away

9%7

St. John plantation (in town)right here

6%5

Eagle Lake7.9 mi away

6%5

New Canada11.6 mi away

5%4

Portland253.7 mi away

4%3

Allagash18.1 mi away

4%3

Calais157.1 mi away

2%2

Caribou43.7 mi away

2%2

Ashland38.8 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%19

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

How far

How far St. John plantation commutes

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

36%

33%

23%

36%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. John plantation is balanced between jobs and homes

1.28jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.28 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. John plantation are

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

Jobs based in St. John plantation

104 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)70%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)20%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs St. John plantation residents hold

81 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+39%

Jobs based in St. John plantation, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 104. 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.