Work & commute · Boothbay Harbor

Work & commute in Boothbay Harbor, ME

About one in 3 of Boothbay Harbor’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Boothbay (13%), Portland (6%) and Southport (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29%

182 of 619 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

14 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 437 Boothbay Harbor residents head out of town to work, 182 work right here, and 1,007 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boothbay Harbor.

437live here, work elsewhere

182live and work here

1,007work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boothbay Harbor goes to work

Boothbay Harbor (in town)right here

29%182

Boothbay6.9 mi away

13%78

Portland30.7 mi away

6%37

Southport2.3 mi away

5%30

Bath11.9 mi away

3%19

Damariscotta14.5 mi away

3%19

South Portland35.3 mi away

2%15

Augusta34.3 mi away

2%15

Brunswick16.9 mi away

2%14

Wiscasset12.1 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%199

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

How far

How far Boothbay Harbor commutes

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

50%

12%

22%

15%

50%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boothbay Harbor is a job hub

1.92jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Boothbay Harbor are

1,189 jobs are based in Boothbay Harbor. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Boothbay Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Boothbay Harbor

1,189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Boothbay Harbor residents hold

619 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month48%

−15%

Jobs based in Boothbay Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 1,400 → 1,189. 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.