Work & commute · Biddeford

Work & commute in Biddeford, ME

Most working residents leave Biddeford for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (18%), Saco (8%) and South Portland (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

1,951 of 10,622 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,671 Biddeford residents head out of town to work, 1,951 work right here, and 8,870 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Biddeford.

8,671live here, work elsewhere

1,951live and work here

8,870work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Biddeford goes to work

Biddeford (in town)right here

18%1,951

Portland17 mi away

18%1,899

Saco6.3 mi away

8%815

South Portland14.3 mi away

7%765

Scarborough9.6 mi away

6%638

Westbrook18.7 mi away

5%512

Kennebunk9.5 mi away

4%403

Sanford18.3 mi away

2%211

Auburn45.2 mi away

1%145

Gorham18.5 mi away

1%138

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%3,145

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

How far

How far Biddeford commutes

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

36%

43%

10%

11%

36%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Biddeford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Biddeford are

10,821 jobs are based in Biddeford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Biddeford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Biddeford

10,821 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Biddeford residents hold

10,622 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+7%

Jobs based in Biddeford, 2013 → 2023: 10,148 → 10,821. 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.