Work & commute · Weston

Work & commute in Weston, ME

Most working residents leave Weston for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Houlton (30%), Bangor (7%) and New Limerick (6%). Half commute less than 31 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 89 working residents

Typical commute

31 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 88 Weston residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weston.

88live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

30work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weston goes to work

Houlton30.4 mi away

30%27

Bangor75.4 mi away

7%6

New Limerick29.3 mi away

6%5

Lincoln37.1 mi away

6%5

Presque Isle68.5 mi away

4%4

Hodgdon24.1 mi away

4%4

Caribou78.5 mi away

2%2

Ellsworth83 mi away

2%2

Reed plantation11.3 mi away

2%2

Stacyville33.6 mi away

2%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%30

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

How far

How far Weston commutes

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

61%

29%

2%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

61%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weston is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weston are

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

Jobs based in Weston

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)68%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Weston residents hold

89 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month42%

+11%

Jobs based in Weston, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 31. 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.