Work & commute · Arundel

Work & commute in Arundel, ME

Most working residents leave Arundel for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (13%), Kennebunk (12%) and Biddeford (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

187 of 2,105 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,918 Arundel residents head out of town to work, 187 work right here, and 938 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arundel.

1,918live here, work elsewhere

187live and work here

938work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arundel goes to work

Portland21.8 mi away

13%283

Kennebunk4.7 mi away

12%260

Biddeford6.8 mi away

10%207

Arundel (in town)right here

9%187

Saco8.2 mi away

7%156

South Portland18 mi away

5%111

Scarborough13.3 mi away

4%92

Westbrook20.5 mi away

3%66

Kennebunkport7 mi away

3%58

Sanford11.6 mi away

3%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%631

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

How far

How far Arundel commutes

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

44%

36%

10%

44%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arundel is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Arundel are

1,125 jobs are based in Arundel. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arundel’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arundel

1,125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Arundel residents hold

2,105 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+42%

Jobs based in Arundel, 2013 → 2023: 793 → 1,125. 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.