Work & commute · Surry

Work & commute in Surry, ME

Most working residents leave Surry for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Blue Hill (23%), Ellsworth (19%) and Bar Harbor (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 561 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 550 Surry residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Surry.

550live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

127work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Surry goes to work

Blue Hill4.6 mi away

23%127

Ellsworth8.1 mi away

19%106

Bar Harbor13 mi away

7%37

Bangor28.6 mi away

5%27

Trenton5.7 mi away

3%16

Portland101.3 mi away

2%13

Brooklin14.9 mi away

2%13

Stonington22.9 mi away

2%12

Castine14.9 mi away

2%11

Surry (in town)right here

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%188

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

How far

How far Surry commutes

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

47%

28%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Surry is a commuter town

0.25jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Surry are

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

Jobs based in Surry

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Surry residents hold

561 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+27%

Jobs based in Surry, 2013 → 2023: 109 → 138. 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.