Photo: Billy Hathorn · CC BY 3.0More people are out of work in Lamoine (8.7%) than in 91% of U.S. towns
Only 1% work in Lamoine itself; outside it, Ellsworth draws the most (24%, 10 miles). Lamoine grades C for jobs and income and D for walkability. The average commute takes 22 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lamoine
A lot of Lamoine works one town over
32% of working residents work in a town that borders Lamoine: Bar Harbor (19%), Hancock (7%) and Trenton (6%). Next door ↓
Lamoine is a place people come home to
There are 193 jobs based in Lamoine, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lamoine has about 1,300 people in it, 28% 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 694 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Lamoine’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lamoine is better than 26% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Lamoine’s grade up ($88,542, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lamoine could be anywhere from D to B+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Lamoine
On a workday 684 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 183 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Lamoine on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.28 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.
Where people from Lamoine work
Where Lamoine clocks in
24% of workers
19% of workers
7% 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.
33% of the jobs in Lamoine make or build things
193 jobs are based in Lamoine.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lamoine, 2013 → 2023: 144 → 193. 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 Lamoine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 22 minutes in Lamoine
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lamoine workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 803 commuters (the 21% 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 Lamoine’s workers travel
About 18% 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.
Driving is how Lamoine gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lamoine is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Maine.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,021 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). 2.8% of Lamoine households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lamoine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lamoine next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400: 3,427th of 5,343 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 258 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 532 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 577 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,425 | Versailles PA | 1,406 | $43K | 20.1% | 8.3% | 2% | C |
| 3,426 | Jackson SC | 1,639 | $40K | 11.1% | 3.2% | 2% | C |
| 3,427 | Lamoine ME | 1,811 | $89K | 8.9% | 8.7% | 1% | C |
| 3,428 | Beaverton Township MI | 1,880 | $68K | 10.4% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,429 | Monroe Township OH | 2,129 | $65K | 5.8% | 9.1% | 2% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | 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 Lamoine, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
32% of Lamoine works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Bar Harbor (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lamoine workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamoine | – | C | D | 22 min | $88,542 |
| Trenton | 6% | D | C | 29 min | $60,455 |
| Bar Harbor | 19% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $77,180 |
| Hancock | 7% | C+ | C− | 29 min | $72,285 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lamoine’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 Lamoine: questions
What is the median household income in Lamoine?
$88,542 (±$15,171) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lamoine?
8.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lamoine?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lamoine work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ellsworth (24%, 10 mi), Bar Harbor (19%, 7 mi), Hancock (7%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lamoine walkable?
Lamoine is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lamoine without a car?
0% 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 Lamoine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lamoine
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.