Work & commute · Brownfield

Work & commute in Brownfield, ME

Most working residents leave Brownfield for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Conway (17%), Fryeburg (10%) and Portland (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 607 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

44 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 587 Brownfield residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 68 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brownfield.

587live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

68work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brownfield goes to work

Conway, NH9.1 mi away

17%102

Fryeburg7.8 mi away

10%63

Portland42 mi away

6%37

Denmark6.9 mi away

5%29

Bridgton11.9 mi away

4%24

Brownfield (in town)right here

3%20

Windham27.2 mi away

3%19

Scarborough38.3 mi away

2%12

Lewiston38.7 mi away

2%11

South Portland37.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%280

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

How far

How far Brownfield commutes

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

29%

26%

31%

14%

29%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brownfield is a commuter town

0.14jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brownfield are

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

Jobs based in Brownfield

88 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month47%

Over $3,333 a month34%

Jobs Brownfield residents hold

607 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−5%

Jobs based in Brownfield, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 88. 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.