Work & commute · Swans Island

Work & commute in Swans Island, ME

Most working residents leave Swans Island for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Tremont (21%), Southwest Harbor (19%) and Bar Harbor (15%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 106 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

12 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 102 Swans Island residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swans Island.

102live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swans Island goes to work

Tremont9 mi away

21%22

Southwest Harbor11 mi away

19%20

Bar Harbor20.6 mi away

15%16

Mount Desert15.3 mi away

8%8

Portland93.3 mi away

4%4

Bangor51.5 mi away

4%4

Swans Island (in town)right here

4%4

Rockland34.2 mi away

3%3

Westbrook99.4 mi away

2%2

Lewiston85.9 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%21

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

How far

How far Swans Island commutes

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

32%

37%

11%

20%

32%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swans Island is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swans Island are

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

Jobs based in Swans Island

43 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities44%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month35%

Jobs Swans Island residents hold

106 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

−10%

Jobs based in Swans Island, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 43. 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.