Work & commute · Bridgton

Work & commute in Bridgton, ME

About one in 4 of Bridgton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portland (8%), Naples (6%) and South Portland (4%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

551 of 2,271 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

41 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,720 Bridgton residents head out of town to work, 551 work right here, and 1,502 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgton.

1,720live here, work elsewhere

551live and work here

1,502work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgton goes to work

Bridgton (in town)right here

24%551

Portland39.9 mi away

8%187

Naples7 mi away

6%136

South Portland36.7 mi away

4%93

Conway, NH16.4 mi away

4%86

Lewiston28.5 mi away

3%75

Windham24.3 mi away

3%69

Westbrook30.5 mi away

3%64

Fryeburg9.5 mi away

2%55

Auburn24.6 mi away

2%53

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%902

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

How far

How far Bridgton commutes

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

31%

21%

33%

14%

31%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

33%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgton are

2,053 jobs are based in Bridgton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bridgton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bridgton

2,053 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Bridgton residents hold

2,271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+22%

Jobs based in Bridgton, 2013 → 2023: 1,683 → 2,053. 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.