With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Eagle Lake works elsewhere
Only 6% stay in Eagle Lake for work; outside it, Fort Kent is the main destination (37%, 12 miles). Employers in Eagle Lake report 133 jobs, and 235 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 22% of workers; Maine has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Eagle Lake, in a few figures
Eagle Lake and Fort Kent trade workers both ways
Fort Kent is the top workplace for Eagle Lake residents (37%) and also where the most people who work in Eagle Lake come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Eagle Lake workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 77 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 235 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The places Eagle Lake commutes to
Where Eagle Lake clocks in
37% 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.
From Eagle Lake, about 35 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eagle Lake workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 commuters (the 22% 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.
Who works in Eagle Lake, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 220 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Eagle Lake 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.
What Eagle Lake’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eagle Lake, 2013 → 2023: 290 → 133. 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 Eagle Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Eagle Lake commutes
About 19% 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 Eagle Lake
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eagle Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Lake | – | — | — | 35 min | $60,208 |
| Wallagrass | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Winterville plantation | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wallagrass and Winterville plantation: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eagle Lake’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 Eagle Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Eagle Lake?
$60,208 (±$6,027) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eagle Lake?
11.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eagle Lake?
35 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eagle Lake work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Kent (37%, 12 mi), Madawaska (7%, 25 mi), New Canada (5%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Eagle Lake without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eagle Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eagle Lake
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.