Photo: MICHAEL KAGDIS · CC BY-SA 3.0Jobs and earnings in Winter Harbor, and the trip to work
Home is the office for 5% of workers, next to 16% for Maine as a whole. Only 6% stay in Winter Harbor for work; outside it, Gouldsboro is the main destination (19%, 6 miles). Working residents average 25 minutes each way, about the same as across Maine.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Winter Harbor by day and by night
On a workday 146 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Winter Harbor commutes to
Where Winter Harbor clocks in
19% of workers
15% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Winter Harbor: what the 136 are
136 jobs are based in Winter Harbor.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Winter Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 97 → 136. 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 Winter Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way, about the ME average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Winter Harbor workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 5% 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.
Miles to work from Winter Harbor
About 22% 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.
24% of Winter Harbor works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Winter Harbor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winter Harbor | – | — | — | 25 min | $86,250 |
| Gouldsboro | 19% | C− | D | 36 min | $60,873 |
| Bar Harbor | 5% | C+ | A− | 20 min | $77,180 |
| Cranberry Isles | under 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cranberry Isles: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Gouldsboro. Darker towns draw more of Winter Harbor’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 Winter Harbor: questions
What is the median household income in Winter Harbor?
$86,250 (±$38,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Winter Harbor?
3.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Winter Harbor?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Winter Harbor work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Gouldsboro (19%, 6 mi), Ellsworth (15%, 23 mi), Bangor (8%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Winter Harbor 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 Winter Harbor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Winter Harbor
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.