Work & commute · Canton

Work & commute in Canton, ME

Most working residents leave Canton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rumford (10%), Dixfield (9%) and Auburn (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 495 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 489 Canton residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 132 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canton.

489live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

132work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canton goes to work

Rumford17 mi away

10%48

Dixfield5.8 mi away

9%47

Auburn28.1 mi away

7%33

Lewiston28.4 mi away

6%28

Portland59.5 mi away

5%24

Mexico10.8 mi away

4%21

Augusta29.7 mi away

3%17

Farmington14.9 mi away

3%14

Paris19.4 mi away

3%13

Wilton9.7 mi away

3%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%237

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

How far

How far Canton commutes

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

15%

36%

26%

23%

15%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canton is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canton are

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

Jobs based in Canton

138 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month54%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Canton residents hold

495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−54%

Jobs based in Canton, 2013 → 2023: 300 → 138. 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.