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Work & commute · Bingham

Work & commute in Bingham, ME

Most working residents leave Bingham for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Skowhegan (12%), Waterville (6%) and Augusta (6%). Half commute less than 33 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
34 of 377 working residents
Typical commute
33 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 343 Bingham residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bingham.

343live here, work elsewhere
34live and work here
193work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Bingham goes to work

WatervillePortlandLewistonBangorAugustaSkowheganMadisonMoscowWest Forks plantationNew PortlandCanaanEmbdenSolonBrighton plantationAnsonBinghamSkowheganWatervilleAugustaSolonMadisonAnsonPortlandBangorLewistonBingham
1
Skowhegan19 mi away
12%46
2
Bingham (in town)right here
9%34
3
Waterville33.5 mi away
6%22
4
Augusta47.3 mi away
6%22
5
Solon5.4 mi away
6%22
6
Madison13.2 mi away
5%19
7
Anson14.6 mi away
4%15
8
Portland97.4 mi away
3%12
9
Bangor51.8 mi away
3%11
10
Lewiston66.5 mi away
2%9
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%165

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

How far

How far Bingham commutes

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

15%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
20%25–50 mi
37%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Bingham is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bingham are

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

Jobs based in Bingham

227 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)50%
$1,250 a month or less21%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Bingham residents hold

377 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month39%
Over $3,333 a month49%
+8%

Jobs based in Bingham, 2013 → 2023: 211 → 227. 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.

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