Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Clifton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
There are 38 jobs in Clifton for 349 working residents. Hardly any stay in Clifton for work; outside it, Bangor is the main destination (42%, 15 miles). 9% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Maine as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Clifton
Clifton is a place people come home to
There are 38 jobs based in Clifton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Clifton has about 560 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
42% of Clifton works in Bangor
146 working residents, 42%, have their main job in Bangor, 15 miles away. That’s far more as work in Clifton itself. The commute map ↓
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 349 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Clifton, and who commutes in
On a workday 349 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 38 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Clifton on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
Where people from Clifton work
Where Clifton clocks in
42% of workers
13% 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.
Making and building: 32% of jobs based in Clifton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clifton, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 38. 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 Clifton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Clifton: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clifton workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 472 commuters (the 9% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Clifton
About 16% 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 around Clifton
The biggest share goes to Eddington (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Clifton’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 Clifton: questions
What is the median household income in Clifton?
$70,313 (±$15,730) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clifton?
9.2%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clifton?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clifton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bangor (42%, 15 mi), Brewer (13%, 12 mi), Holden (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Clifton without a car?
2% 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 Clifton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clifton
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.