Work & commute · Steuben

Work & commute in Steuben, ME

Most working residents leave Steuben for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Milbridge (20%), Cherryfield (9%) and Ellsworth (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 400 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 381 Steuben residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Steuben.

381live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

151work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Steuben goes to work

Milbridge4 mi away

20%79

Cherryfield10.3 mi away

9%34

Ellsworth27.6 mi away

6%23

Bangor48.2 mi away

5%21

Bar Harbor17.1 mi away

5%21

Steuben (in town)right here

5%19

Machias28.5 mi away

5%18

Harrington9.8 mi away

4%15

Gouldsboro7.5 mi away

2%9

Columbia Falls18.7 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%152

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

How far

How far Steuben commutes

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

34%

27%

17%

22%

34%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Steuben is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Steuben are

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

Jobs based in Steuben

170 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Steuben residents hold

400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+254%

Jobs based in Steuben, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 170. 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.