Work & commute · Winterport

Work & commute in Winterport, ME

Most working residents leave Winterport for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (35%), Hampden (7%) and Brewer (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 1,719 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,617 Winterport residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 345 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winterport.

1,617live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

345work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winterport goes to work

Bangor13.3 mi away

35%603

Hampden5.4 mi away

7%113

Winterport (in town)right here

6%102

Brewer12.4 mi away

6%99

Belfast17 mi away

6%98

Hermon11.1 mi away

4%67

Augusta46.1 mi away

3%43

Waterville37.5 mi away

2%31

Ellsworth22.1 mi away

2%30

Orono17.7 mi away

1%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%509

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

How far

How far Winterport commutes

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

24%

50%

11%

14%

24%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winterport is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winterport are

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

Jobs based in Winterport

447 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Winterport residents hold

1,719 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+33%

Jobs based in Winterport, 2013 → 2023: 335 → 447. 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.