County profile ยท Maine
Working from home in Penobscot County, ME
11.3% of workers in Penobscot County usually work from home, about 8,330 of 73,628 people. That is 4.6 points below the Maine average of 15.9%. It ranks 12 of 16 counties in the state.
The county table and teleworkable jobs for the whole state are on the Maine remote work page.
Work from home
11.3%
Rank in ME
12 of 16
1 = highest share
Remote workers
8,330
Mean commute
22.7 min
Penobscot County compared with Maine and the US
| Metric | Penobscot County | Maine | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 11.3% | 15.9% | 15.1% |
| Drove alone | 75.6% | 70.8% | Not shown |
| Public transit | 0.4% | 0.5% | Not shown |
| Mean commute | 22.7 min | 24.6 min | Not shown |
| Men working from home | 9.4% | 14.3% | Not shown |
| Women working from home | 13.3% | 17.6% | Not shown |
| Workers aged 16+ | 73,628 | 679,677 | 159,114,094 |
The US column is calculated from the published state counts for the 50 states and DC. Other national metrics are not part of our data files, so we do not show them.
How people commute
Drove alone75.6%
Worked from home11.3%
Public transit0.4%
Counties with a similar rank
- Hancock County13.7%
- Oxford County13.6%
- Lincoln County13.2%
- Franklin County13.0%
- Somerset County11.0%
- Piscataquis County10.8%
- Washington County9.7%
- Aroostook County8.8%
Largest counties in Maine
- Cumberland County21.8%
- York County16.8%
- Kennebec County15.3%
- Androscoggin County13.8%
- Aroostook County8.8%
- Hancock County13.7%
- Oxford County13.6%
- Somerset County11.0%