Roque Bluffs has 0.0 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Working residents average 17 minutes each way (Maine 25, U.S. 26). Employers in Roque Bluffs report 3 jobs, against 102 working residents. Hardly any stay in Roque Bluffs for work; outside it, Machias is the main destination (20%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Roque Bluffs
On a workday 102 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 220 people are in Roque Bluffs on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Out of Roque Bluffs to work: where people go
Where Roque Bluffs clocks in
20% of workers
15% 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.
Most jobs in Roque Bluffs are in services
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 Roque Bluffs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Roque Bluffs, about 17 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roque Bluffs workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 136 commuters (the 14% 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.
The distance from Roque Bluffs to work
About 28% 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.
Work next door: 46% of Roque Bluffs’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roque Bluffs workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roque Bluffs | – | — | — | 17 min | $89,375 |
| Jonesboro | 11% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Machiasport | under 2% | D | B | 21 min | $60,000 |
| Jonesport | 15% | D | A− | 18 min | $67,500 |
| Machias | 20% | D− | A | 16 min | $34,375 |
| Whitneyville | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Jonesboro and Whitneyville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Machias. Darker towns draw more of Roque Bluffs’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 Roque Bluffs: questions
What is the median household income in Roque Bluffs?
$89,375 (±$33,950) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roque Bluffs?
11.2%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roque Bluffs?
17 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roque Bluffs work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Machias (20%, 6 mi), Jonesport (15%, 4 mi), Jonesboro (11%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roque Bluffs without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roque Bluffs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roque Bluffs
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.