Work & commute · Auburn

Work & commute in Auburn, ME

About one in 4 of Auburn’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (24%), Portland (7%) and Augusta (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

2,801 of 10,513 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,712 Auburn residents head out of town to work, 2,801 work right here, and 13,763 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Auburn.

7,712live here, work elsewhere

2,801live and work here

13,763work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Auburn goes to work

Auburn (in town)right here

27%2,801

Lewiston3.9 mi away

24%2,489

Portland31.4 mi away

7%698

Augusta30.8 mi away

3%324

South Portland31.4 mi away

2%255

Brunswick18.9 mi away

2%193

Freeport18.3 mi away

2%193

Bath22.6 mi away

2%185

Westbrook26.5 mi away

2%178

Scarborough35.7 mi away

2%171

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%3,026

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

How far

How far Auburn commutes

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

54%

16%

22%

54%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Auburn is a job hub

1.58jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Auburn are

16,564 jobs are based in Auburn. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Auburn’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Auburn

16,564 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Auburn residents hold

10,513 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+8%

Jobs based in Auburn, 2013 → 2023: 15,383 → 16,564. 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.