Work & commute · Burnham

Work & commute in Burnham, ME

Most working residents leave Burnham for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (9%), Augusta (8%) and Belfast (8%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14 of 381 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 367 Burnham residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Burnham.

367live here, work elsewhere

14live and work here

205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Burnham goes to work

Bangor31.2 mi away

9%34

Augusta29 mi away

8%31

Belfast24.7 mi away

8%29

Unity7.3 mi away

8%29

Waterville16.2 mi away

7%26

Pittsfield7 mi away

4%15

Thorndike9.2 mi away

4%15

Burnham (in town)right here

4%14

Portland82.1 mi away

3%11

Skowhegan15.1 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%168

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

How far

How far Burnham commutes

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

22%

29%

32%

18%

22%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Burnham is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Burnham are

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

Jobs based in Burnham

219 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)27%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Burnham residents hold

381 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+18%

Jobs based in Burnham, 2013 → 2023: 186 → 219. 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.