Work & commute · Baldwin

Work & commute in Baldwin, ME

Most working residents leave Baldwin for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (14%), Scarborough (7%) and Gorham (7%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 708 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 686 Baldwin residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Baldwin.

686live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

103work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Baldwin goes to work

Portland31.4 mi away

14%102

Scarborough27.6 mi away

7%48

Gorham17 mi away

7%47

South Portland27 mi away

6%43

Westbrook21.6 mi away

5%35

Sebago5.5 mi away

5%35

Windham17.2 mi away

5%34

Baldwin (in town)right here

3%22

Cornish5.9 mi away

3%19

Standish9.2 mi away

3%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%305

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

How far

How far Baldwin commutes

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

16%

48%

27%

16%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Baldwin is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Baldwin are

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

Jobs based in Baldwin

125 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Baldwin residents hold

708 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+21%

Jobs based in Baldwin, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 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.