Work & commute · Whitneyville

Work & commute in Whitneyville, ME

Most working residents leave Whitneyville for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Machias (46%), Presque Isle (4%) and Jonesport (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 79 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 76 Whitneyville residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Whitneyville.

76live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

38work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Whitneyville goes to work

Machias6.3 mi away

46%36

Presque Isle135.2 mi away

4%3

Jonesport13.9 mi away

4%3

Jonesboro6.9 mi away

4%3

Whitneyville (in town)right here

4%3

South Portland156.7 mi away

3%2

Ellsworth47.7 mi away

3%2

Bar Harbor43.4 mi away

3%2

Orono59.4 mi away

3%2

Columbia Falls9.4 mi away

3%2

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%21

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

How far

How far Whitneyville commutes

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

57%

10%

13%

20%

57%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Whitneyville is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Whitneyville are

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

Jobs based in Whitneyville

41 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)95%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)0%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Whitneyville residents hold

79 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month47%

+32%

Jobs based in Whitneyville, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 41. 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.