Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainBrooklin at work: jobs, income and the commute
About one in seven work in Brooklin; the top destination outside it is Blue Hill (14%, 10 miles). Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average; Maine averages 25, the U.S. 26. There are 245 jobs in Brooklin; 281 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brooklin on a workday afternoon
On a workday 241 residents head out to work, 40 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Brooklin to work: where people go
Where Brooklin clocks in
14% of workers
10% of workers
6% of workersLines 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.
Brooklin works in goods: 53% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brooklin, 2013 → 2023: 206 → 245. 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 Brooklin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 26 minutes to work from Brooklin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooklin workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 369 commuters (the 17% 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 Brooklin’s workers travel
About 26% 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.
The towns next door employ 22% of Brooklin
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brooklin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklin | – | — | — | 26 min | $68,750 |
| Sedgwick | 5% | D | C+ | 23 min | $70,446 |
| Deer Isle | 3% | C− | B | 20 min | $62,284 |
| Tremont | under 3% | B− | B− | 24 min | $88,803 |
| Frenchboro | under 3% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Swans Island | under 3% | — | — | 12 min | — |
| Blue Hill | 14% | C+ | A− | 21 min | $80,377 |
Same-state neighbors only. Frenchboro and Swans Island: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Blue Hill. Darker towns draw more of Brooklin’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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.
Jobs and commuting in Brooklin: questions
What is the median household income in Brooklin?
$68,750 (±$8,307) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooklin?
7.7%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooklin?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooklin work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blue Hill (14%, 10 mi), Brooksville (10%, 12 mi), Ellsworth (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brooklin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brooklin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooklin
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.