Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainWith 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Brooksville works elsewhere
168 jobs are based in Brooksville for 298 working residents. About one in ten stay in Brooksville for work; outside it, Blue Hill is the main destination (15%, 12 miles). Working residents average 21 minutes each way (Maine 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Brooksville by day and by night
On a workday 273 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 800 people are in Brooksville on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
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 places Brooksville commutes to
Where Brooksville clocks in
15% of workers
13% of workers
8% 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.
Goods, not services: 40% of the jobs in Brooksville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brooksville, 2013 → 2023: 147 → 168. 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 Brooksville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Brooksville takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brooksville workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 274 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.
Miles to work from Brooksville
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 is work for 13% of Brooksville
The biggest share goes to Sedgwick (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brooksville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brooksville | – | — | — | 21 min | $56,316 |
| Sedgwick | 8% | D | C+ | 23 min | $70,446 |
| Castine | 2% | C+ | A− | 14 min | $113,750 |
| Penobscot | under 3% | D | B− | 25 min | $63,194 |
| Deer Isle | 3% | C− | B | 20 min | $62,284 |
| Islesboro | under 3% | — | — | 8 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Islesboro: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Brooksville’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 Brooksville: questions
What is the median household income in Brooksville?
$56,316 (±$19,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brooksville?
8.1%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brooksville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brooksville work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blue Hill (15%, 12 mi), Brooklin (13%, 12 mi), Sedgwick (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Brooksville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Brooksville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brooksville
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.