Work & commute · Casco

Work & commute in Casco, ME

Most working residents leave Casco for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (15%), Windham (7%) and Westbrook (6%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

146 of 1,767 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,621 Casco residents head out of town to work, 146 work right here, and 520 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Casco.

1,621live here, work elsewhere

146live and work here

520work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Casco goes to work

Portland27.4 mi away

15%262

Casco (in town)right here

8%146

Windham12.1 mi away

7%129

Westbrook18.7 mi away

6%112

Naples6.7 mi away

6%98

Auburn16 mi away

4%70

South Portland24.9 mi away

4%67

Lewiston19.4 mi away

4%63

Raymond2.9 mi away

3%49

Gorham17.5 mi away

3%49

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%722

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

How far

How far Casco commutes

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

23%

48%

18%

11%

23%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Casco is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Casco are

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

Jobs based in Casco

666 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Casco residents hold

1,767 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+12%

Jobs based in Casco, 2013 → 2023: 593 → 666. 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.