Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Household incomes in East Millinocket trail those of 95% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in East Millinocket for work; outside it, Millinocket is the main destination (18%, 4 miles). 21.7% of residents live below the poverty line; Maine has 10.7%. East Millinocket grades D− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in East Millinocket
A big share show a job far from home
46% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Fewer jobs are based in East Millinocket than ten years ago
Jobs counted in East Millinocket fell from 544 in 2013 to 218 in 2023, −60%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
East Millinocket and Millinocket trade workers both ways
Millinocket is the top workplace for East Millinocket residents (18%) and also where the most people who work in East Millinocket come from (17% of its jobs). 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 551 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind East Millinocket’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, East Millinocket is near the bottom of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides East Millinocket’s grade.
Unemployment (6.3%) is left out: East Millinocket’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income and poverty, East Millinocket stays D−.
Near or far: the trip to work from East Millinocket
About 46% 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.
What the 218 jobs in East Millinocket are
218 jobs are based in East Millinocket.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Millinocket, 2013 → 2023: 544 → 218. 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 East Millinocket’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where East Millinocket goes to work
Where East Millinocket clocks in
18% 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.
Who works in East Millinocket, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 482 residents head out to work, 69 work right here, and 149 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in East Millinocket on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.40 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.
Getting to work from East Millinocket takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Millinocket workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 448 commuters (the 11% 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.
Few in East Millinocket walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, East Millinocket is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place East Millinocket near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 502 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.0% of East Millinocket households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of East Millinocket’s commuters take a bus or train.
East Millinocket and other U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 516 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 558 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 607 | Newcastle ME | 1,915 | $90K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,651 | Ansted WV | 1,273 | $38K | 27.2% | 2.5% | 6% | D− |
| 5,652 | Ashland ME | 1,186 | $47K | 23.6% | 1.6% | 19% | D− |
| 5,653 | East Millinocket ME | 1,567 | $42K | 21.7% | 6.3% | 13% | D− |
| 5,654 | Big River CA | 1,140 | $40K | 20.0% | 11.3% | 1% | D− |
| 5,655 | Dixon NM | 1,623 | $54K | 37.6% | 10.4% | 1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of East Millinocket, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Work in the towns next to East Millinocket
The biggest share goes to Medway (6%).
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Millinocket workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Millinocket | – | D− | C+ | 18 min | $42,011 |
| Medway | 6% | D | C− | 27 min | $55,982 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Millinocket’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 East Millinocket: questions
What is the median household income in East Millinocket?
$42,011 (±$7,078) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Millinocket?
21.7%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Millinocket?
18 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Millinocket work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Millinocket (18%, 4 mi), Bangor (13%, 58 mi), Medway (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is East Millinocket walkable?
East Millinocket is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around East Millinocket 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 East Millinocket, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Millinocket
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.