Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Dyer Brook
At 25 minutes each way, commutes from Dyer Brook run about the Maine average. About one in seven work in Dyer Brook itself; outside it, Houlton draws the most (16%, 20 miles). For 8% of workers, the job is at home, where Maine as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Dyer Brook
On a workday 65 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Dyer Brook on a workday afternoon, 19% more than live here.
1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
The daily trip into Dyer Brook
Where Dyer Brook clocks in
16% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Dyer Brook
114 jobs are based in Dyer Brook.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dyer Brook, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 114. 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 Dyer Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Dyer Brook: about 25 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dyer Brook workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 120 commuters (the 8% 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.
Half of Dyer Brook commutes less than 19 miles
About 34% 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.
Bordering towns draw 10% of Dyer Brook’s workers
The biggest share goes to Island Falls (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dyer Brook workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyer Brook | – | — | — | 25 min | $73,409 |
| Hersey | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Merrill | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Oakfield | 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Island Falls | 7% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Moro plantation | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Hersey, Merrill, Oakfield, Island Falls and Moro plantation: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dyer Brook’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 Dyer Brook: questions
What is the median household income in Dyer Brook?
$73,409 (±$26,983) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dyer Brook?
6.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dyer Brook?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dyer Brook work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houlton (16%, 20 mi), Sherman (8%, 15 mi), Patten (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dyer Brook without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dyer Brook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dyer Brook
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.