Work & commute · Chebeague Island

Work & commute in Chebeague Island, ME

Most working residents leave Chebeague Island for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (27%), Cumberland (11%) and South Portland (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 201 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 197 Chebeague Island residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 69 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chebeague Island.

197live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

69work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chebeague Island goes to work

Portland8.8 mi away

27%55

Cumberland9.2 mi away

11%22

South Portland12.5 mi away

8%16

Falmouth9.8 mi away

5%11

Westbrook13.7 mi away

5%10

Lewiston24.9 mi away

4%8

Saco22.2 mi away

3%7

Yarmouth5.1 mi away

3%7

Scarborough17 mi away

3%6

Chebeague Island (in town)right here

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%55

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

How far

How far Chebeague Island commutes

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

43%

37%

10%

43%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chebeague Island is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chebeague Island are

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

Jobs based in Chebeague Island

73 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Chebeague Island residents hold

201 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month76%

+83%

Jobs based in Chebeague Island, 2013 → 2023: 40 → 73. 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.