Work & commute · Buxton

Work & commute in Buxton, ME

Most working residents leave Buxton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (22%), South Portland (11%) and Westbrook (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

336 of 4,279 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,943 Buxton residents head out of town to work, 336 work right here, and 1,584 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Buxton.

3,943live here, work elsewhere

336live and work here

1,584work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Buxton goes to work

Portland17.7 mi away

22%926

South Portland12.6 mi away

11%460

Westbrook10.5 mi away

9%370

Scarborough11.2 mi away

8%363

Buxton (in town)right here

8%336

Gorham5.9 mi away

5%216

Biddeford15.5 mi away

4%177

Saco9.6 mi away

4%151

Standish9.9 mi away

2%87

Windham12.8 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,123

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

How far

How far Buxton commutes

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

32%

52%

32%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Buxton is a commuter town

0.45jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Buxton are

1,920 jobs are based in Buxton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Buxton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Buxton

1,920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Buxton residents hold

4,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+15%

Jobs based in Buxton, 2013 → 2023: 1,667 → 1,920. 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.