U.S. Inspection Station-Orient, Maine · Photo: wbaron · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Orient works elsewhere
9 jobs are based in Orient for 45 working residents. Hardly any stay in Orient for work; outside it, Houlton is the main destination (40%, 22 miles). 81% of workers have no commute at all, where Maine as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Orient on a workday
On a workday 45 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 120 people are in Orient on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
Commuting out of Orient: the destinations
Where Orient clocks in
40% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
The kinds of work in Orient
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Orient’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Orient
of Orient workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4 commuters (the 81% 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 Orient
About 31% 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.
Orient and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Orient workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orient | – | — | — | — | — |
| Haynesville | under 3% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Weston | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Amity | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Haynesville, Weston and Amity: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Orient’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 Orient: questions
What is the poverty rate in Orient?
35.8%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Orient work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houlton (40%, 22 mi), Presque Isle (9%, 60 mi), Hodgdon (9%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Orient without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Orient, from the people who make the trip.
More of Orient
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.