Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Whitneyville has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Whitneyville report 38 jobs, and 68 of its residents work somewhere. Only 3% work in Whitneyville itself; outside it, Machias draws the most (34%, 6 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, where Maine as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Whitneyville for work, and who comes in
On a workday 66 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 180 people are in Whitneyville 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 2024, primary jobs.
Out of Whitneyville to work: where people go
Where Whitneyville clocks in
34% of workers
7% 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.
Goods jobs make up 100% of work in Whitneyville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitneyville, 2014 → 2024: 46 → 38. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Whitneyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Whitneyville: about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitneyville workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 62 commuters (the 0% 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 Whitneyville goes to work
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
38% of Whitneyville works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitneyville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitneyville | – | — | — | 18 min | $55,938 |
| Marshfield | under 2% | — | — | 13 min | — |
| Machias | 34% | D− | A | 16 min | $34,375 |
| Roque Bluffs | under 2% | — | — | 17 min | — |
| Northfield | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Jonesboro | 4% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Marshfield, Roque Bluffs, Northfield and Jonesboro: 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 Whitneyville’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 2024, 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 Whitneyville: questions
What is the median household income in Whitneyville?
$55,938 (±$10,108) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitneyville?
12.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitneyville?
18 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitneyville work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Machias (34%, 6 mi), Bangor (7%, 61 mi), Jonesport (7%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Whitneyville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitneyville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitneyville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.