Work & commute · Tremont

Work & commute in Tremont, ME

Most working residents leave Tremont for work: only 19% work in town. The top destinations are Southwest Harbor (17%), Bar Harbor (14%) and Ellsworth (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19%

85 of 457 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 372 Tremont residents head out of town to work, 85 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tremont.

372live here, work elsewhere

85live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tremont goes to work

Tremont (in town)right here

19%85

Southwest Harbor7.2 mi away

17%79

Bar Harbor13.7 mi away

14%63

Ellsworth22.5 mi away

6%26

Mount Desert8.2 mi away

5%23

Swans Island9 mi away

4%19

Portland96.1 mi away

3%15

Trenton14.8 mi away

2%9

Hancock20.4 mi away

2%8

Rockland34.6 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%123

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

How far

How far Tremont commutes

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

47%

24%

20%

47%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tremont is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tremont are

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

Jobs based in Tremont

263 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Tremont residents hold

457 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+44%

Jobs based in Tremont, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 263. 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.