Work & commute · Thomaston

Work & commute in Thomaston, ME

Most working residents leave Thomaston for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Rockland (26%), Rockport (7%) and Warren (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

154 of 1,151 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 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 997 Thomaston residents head out of town to work, 154 work right here, and 1,317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thomaston.

997live here, work elsewhere

154live and work here

1,317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thomaston goes to work

Rockland2.3 mi away

26%301

Thomaston (in town)right here

13%154

Rockport5.8 mi away

7%85

Warren3.8 mi away

4%50

Camden9.6 mi away

4%46

Bangor53.3 mi away

4%43

Belfast23.1 mi away

4%42

Augusta32 mi away

3%39

Portland60.2 mi away

2%28

Waldoboro10.6 mi away

2%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%335

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

How far

How far Thomaston commutes

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

57%

11%

14%

18%

57%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thomaston 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 Thomaston are

1,471 jobs are based in Thomaston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thomaston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thomaston

1,471 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Thomaston residents hold

1,151 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+73%

Jobs based in Thomaston, 2013 → 2023: 848 → 1,471. 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.