Work & commute · Camden

Work & commute in Camden, ME

About one in 4 of Camden’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Rockport (18%), Rockland (11%) and Belfast (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

370 of 1,581 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,211 Camden residents head out of town to work, 370 work right here, and 1,585 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Camden.

1,211live here, work elsewhere

370live and work here

1,585work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Camden goes to work

Camden (in town)right here

23%370

Rockport3.9 mi away

18%279

Rockland7.6 mi away

11%177

Belfast14.2 mi away

6%91

Augusta34.1 mi away

3%48

Portland69.1 mi away

3%44

Bangor44.1 mi away

3%44

Thomaston9.6 mi away

2%32

Warren11.1 mi away

2%24

South Portland73.3 mi away

1%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%454

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

How far

How far Camden commutes

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

56%

14%

16%

56%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Camden is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Camden are

1,955 jobs are based in Camden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Camden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Camden

1,955 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Camden residents hold

1,581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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Jobs based in Camden, 2013 → 2023: 1,948 → 1,955. 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.