Work & commute · Acton

Work & commute in Acton, ME

Most working residents leave Acton for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Sanford (18%), Portland (7%) and North Berwick (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

66 of 1,147 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,081 Acton residents head out of town to work, 66 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Acton.

1,081live here, work elsewhere

66live and work here

205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Acton goes to work

Sanford12 mi away

18%205

Portland38.4 mi away

7%75

Acton (in town)right here

6%66

North Berwick15.1 mi away

5%59

Biddeford28.3 mi away

4%41

Kennebunk22 mi away

3%39

Rochester, NH16.7 mi away

3%37

Shapleigh5.5 mi away

3%35

Scarborough30.4 mi away

3%35

Portsmouth, NH33.9 mi away

3%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%525

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Acton commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

19%

39%

30%

13%

19%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Acton is a commuter town

0.24jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.24 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Acton are

271 jobs are based in Acton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Acton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Acton

271 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Acton residents hold

1,147 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+64%

Jobs based in Acton, 2013 → 2023: 165 → 271. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.