Work & commute · Bath

Work & commute in Bath, ME

About one in 3 of Bath’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Brunswick (12%), Portland (10%) and Augusta (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30%

1,160 of 3,909 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,749 Bath residents head out of town to work, 1,160 work right here, and 7,677 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bath.

2,749live here, work elsewhere

1,160live and work here

7,677work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bath goes to work

Bath (in town)right here

30%1,160

Brunswick6.8 mi away

12%467

Portland26.7 mi away

10%390

Augusta28.4 mi away

4%141

Freeport13.5 mi away

3%128

South Portland30.2 mi away

3%112

Topsham5.8 mi away

3%103

Lewiston19.4 mi away

2%89

Wiscasset9.7 mi away

2%67

Westbrook29.6 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,195

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

How far

How far Bath commutes

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

50%

14%

28%

50%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bath is a job hub

2.26jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bath are

8,837 jobs are based in Bath. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bath’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bath

8,837 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)66%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)28%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month79%

Jobs Bath residents hold

3,909 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

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Jobs based in Bath, 2013 → 2023: 8,971 → 8,837. 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.