For about half of its working residents, Chapman is a commute to Presque Isle
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Maine as a whole has 16%. Hardly any work in Chapman itself; outside it, Presque Isle draws the most (49%, 9 miles). A typical one-way commute from Chapman lasts 23 minutes (Maine 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Chapman, in brief
Chapman is a place people come home to
There are 11 jobs based in Chapman, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Chapman has about 290 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 225 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where the trip to work from Chapman ends
Where Chapman clocks in
49% of workers
11% 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.
In and out of Chapman on a workday
On a workday 225 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 290 people are in Chapman on a workday afternoon, 43% fewer than live here.
0.05 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
45% of the jobs in Chapman make or build things
11 jobs are based in Chapman.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chapman, 2013 → 2023: 18 → 11. 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 Chapman’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Chapman
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chapman workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 commuters (the 5% 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 Chapman goes to work
About 17% 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.
Chapman and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Mapleton (8%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Chapman’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 Chapman: questions
What is the median household income in Chapman?
$93,125 (±$17,331) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chapman?
6.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chapman?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chapman work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Chapman without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chapman, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chapman
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.