Work & commute · Buckfield

Work & commute in Buckfield, ME

Most working residents leave Buckfield for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (15%), Auburn (13%) and Portland (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 996 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 948 Buckfield residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buckfield.

948live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

157work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buckfield goes to work

Lewiston15.3 mi away

15%149

Auburn13.5 mi away

13%132

Portland44.3 mi away

5%54

Buckfield (in town)right here

5%48

Paris6.2 mi away

4%43

Hebron3.7 mi away

4%39

Turner6 mi away

3%29

Oxford9.6 mi away

3%29

Bangor87.1 mi away

3%25

Augusta31.7 mi away

3%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%423

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

How far

How far Buckfield commutes

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

17%

43%

26%

13%

17%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buckfield is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buckfield are

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

Jobs based in Buckfield

205 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Buckfield residents hold

996 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+39%

Jobs based in Buckfield, 2013 → 2023: 148 → 205. 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.