Work & commute · Stonington

Work & commute in Stonington, ME

About one in 4 of Stonington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Deer Isle (27%), Blue Hill (7%) and Portland (5%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

73 of 280 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 207 Stonington residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stonington.

207live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stonington goes to work

Deer Isle9.1 mi away

27%75

Stonington (in town)right here

26%73

Blue Hill18.3 mi away

7%19

Portland84.6 mi away

5%13

Bangor47.5 mi away

3%7

Brewer44 mi away

2%5

Ellsworth31 mi away

2%5

Sedgwick13.6 mi away

2%5

Augusta55.4 mi away

1%4

Camden21.3 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%70

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

How far

How far Stonington commutes

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

54%

14%

10%

22%

54%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stonington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stonington are

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

Jobs based in Stonington

336 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Stonington residents hold

280 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month46%

−4%

Jobs based in Stonington, 2013 → 2023: 350 → 336. 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.