Work & commute · Boothbay

Work & commute in Boothbay, ME

About one in 4 of Boothbay’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Boothbay Harbor (23%), Portland (6%) and Bath (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

26%

266 of 1,037 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

13 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 771 Boothbay residents head out of town to work, 266 work right here, and 633 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Boothbay.

771live here, work elsewhere

266live and work here

633work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Boothbay goes to work

Boothbay (in town)right here

26%266

Boothbay Harbor6.9 mi away

23%235

Portland31.2 mi away

6%63

Bath18.1 mi away

4%37

Damariscotta19.2 mi away

3%30

Brunswick21.8 mi away

2%25

Augusta40.9 mi away

2%20

Southport5.8 mi away

2%18

Wiscasset18.8 mi away

2%17

Westbrook38.6 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%311

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

How far

How far Boothbay commutes

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

55%

12%

21%

12%

55%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Boothbay is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Boothbay are

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

Jobs based in Boothbay

899 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Boothbay residents hold

1,037 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+51%

Jobs based in Boothbay, 2013 → 2023: 595 → 899. 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.