Work & commute · Bowdoinham

Work & commute in Bowdoinham, ME

Most working residents leave Bowdoinham for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Brunswick (10%), Bath (10%) and Portland (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

51 of 1,472 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,421 Bowdoinham residents head out of town to work, 51 work right here, and 222 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bowdoinham.

1,421live here, work elsewhere

51live and work here

222work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bowdoinham goes to work

Brunswick11.6 mi away

10%151

Bath7.8 mi away

10%146

Portland32.6 mi away

9%139

Topsham7.1 mi away

8%114

Augusta21.1 mi away

6%94

Lewiston15.6 mi away

5%70

Freeport17.7 mi away

5%70

Bowdoinham (in town)right here

3%51

Auburn19.4 mi away

3%47

South Portland35.4 mi away

3%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%544

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

How far

How far Bowdoinham commutes

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

28%

39%

27%

28%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bowdoinham is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bowdoinham are

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

Jobs based in Bowdoinham

273 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Bowdoinham residents hold

1,472 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+18%

Jobs based in Bowdoinham, 2013 → 2023: 231 → 273. 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.