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Jobs & commute in Abbot

Abbot has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each

Employers in Abbot report 22 jobs; 265 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average; Maine averages 25, the U.S. 26. Below the poverty line: 16.4% of residents; Maine has 10.7%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

22 jobs based here
Household income
$59K
median · Maine $75K
Poverty
16.4%
Maine 10.7%
Unemployment
2.6%
Maine 3.8% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
27 min
Maine 25 · U.S. 26
Work in town
1%
2 of 265 working residents
Work from home
23%
Maine 16% · U.S. 15%
What stands out

What sets Abbot apart on work

1jobs for every ten working residents
★ What stands out · Day and night

In and out of Abbot on a workday

On a workday 263 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 20 people come in from elsewhere.

263live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
20work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night640
Workday400
640live here− 260head out to work+ 20come in to work= 400on a workday

About 400 people are in Abbot on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.08jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

23% of working residents work in Guilford

Portland: 5 residents work here (2%)Bangor: 15 residents work here (6%)Old TownAuburn: 5 residents work here (2%)PawtucketPittsfield: 7 residents work here (3%)Skowhegan: 9 residents work here (3%)MonsonSangerville: 6 residents work here (2%)FairfieldDover-Foxcroft: 20 residents work here (8%)ParisNewport: 10 residents work here (4%)Greenville: 14 residents work here (5%)Guilford: 60 residents work here (23%)ParkmanAbbotWellingtonGuilfordDover-FoxcroftBangorGreenvilleNewportSkowheganAbbot
1
Guilford7.6 mi away
23%60
2
Dover-Foxcroft14.7 mi away
8%20
3
Bangor42.6 mi away
6%15
4
Greenville18.8 mi away
5%14
5
Newport26.2 mi away
4%10
6
Skowhegan30.9 mi away
3%9
7
Pittsfield29.4 mi away
3%7
8
Sangerville11.3 mi away
2%6
9
Portland113 mi away
2%5
10
Auburn85.1 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
43%114
The top trips

Where Abbot clocks in

23% of workers
7.6 mi awayGuilford60 Abbot residents work here · Jobs & commute →
8% of workers
14.7 mi awayDover-Foxcroft20 Abbot residents work here · Jobs & commute →
6% of workers
42.6 mi awayBangor15 Abbot residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

The jobs

32% of the jobs in Abbot make or build things

Jobs based in AbbotJobs Abbot residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms32%32%
Trade, transport & utilities32%23%
Services: health, schools, offices36%45%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less27%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%32%
Over $3,333 a month41%52%

Who does it

29 or younger23%22%
30 to 5450%48%
55 and older27%30%
−39%

Jobs based in Abbot, 2013 → 2023: 36 → 22. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Here is what they are, next to the jobs Abbot’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

The daily trip from Abbot: about 27 minutes

A year of commuting
209 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Abbot27 min
Maine25 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
23%

of Abbot workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Abbot gets to work
98%Drive alone
2%Walk

Share of the 226 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

How far

Abbot’s commute, mile by mile

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miGuilford: 23% · 7.6 miDover-Foxcroft: 8% · 14.7 miBangor: 6% · 42.6 miGreenville: 5% · 18.8 miNewport: 4% · 26.2 miSkowhegan: 3% · 30.9 miPittsfield: 3% · 29.4 miSangerville: 2% · 11.3 miPortland: 2% · 113 miAuburn: 2% · 85.1 miGuilford 23%Dover-Foxcroft 8%Bangor 6%Greenville 5%Newport 4%Abbot
AbbotTop destinations (size = commuters)
30%Under 10 mi79 residents
20%10–24 mi54 residents
28%25–50 mi74 residents
22%Over 50 mi58 residents

About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

Next door

Work next door: 23% of Abbot’s workers

Monson: few work hereGuilford: 23% of workers work hereMonsonGuilfordAbbot
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Guilford19 min
Abbot27 min
Monson30 min
Monsonunder 2% of AbbotGuilford23% of Abbot works here

Jobs & commute next door

TownAbbot workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Abbot–——27 min$58,542
Monsonunder 2%——30 min—
Guilford23%DC+19 min$53,173

Same-state neighbors only. Monson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

The biggest share goes to Guilford. Darker towns draw more of Abbot’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
  • Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Abbot: questions

What is the median household income in Abbot?

$58,542 (±$24,488) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Abbot?

16.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Abbot?

27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Abbot work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Guilford (23%, 8 mi), Dover-Foxcroft (8%, 15 mi), Bangor (6%, 43 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Abbot without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Abbot, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.