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Work & commute · Thorndike

Work & commute in Thorndike, ME

Most working residents leave Thorndike for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (9%), Belfast (8%) and Waterville (7%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
9 of 240 working residents
Typical commute
21 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
36 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
45%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 231 Thorndike residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thorndike.

231live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
190work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Thorndike goes to work

WatervillePortlandBangorBelfastAugustaBrooksPittsfieldFairfieldWinslowBurnhamJacksonWaldoSwanvilleThorndikeTroyKnoxPalermoMonroeAlbionUnityBangorBelfastWatervilleAugustaUnityPittsfieldFairfieldWinslowPortlandThorndike
1
Bangor27.4 mi away
9%21
2
Belfast15.6 mi away
8%20
3
Waterville21.1 mi away
7%17
4
Augusta30.3 mi away
7%17
5
Unity6.4 mi away
7%17
6
Pittsfield15.5 mi away
4%9
7
Thorndike (in town)right here
4%9
8
Fairfield21.2 mi away
3%8
9
Winslow17.4 mi away
3%8
10
Portland81.3 mi away
3%7
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%107

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

How far

How far Thorndike commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
43%10–24 mi
28%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Thorndike is balanced between jobs and homes

0.83jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.83 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Thorndike are

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

Jobs based in Thorndike

199 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)5%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)93%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month34%
Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Thorndike residents hold

240 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities28%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month28%
Over $3,333 a month60%
−25%

Jobs based in Thorndike, 2013 → 2023: 265 → 199. 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.

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