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Work & commute · Cornish

Work & commute in Cornish, ME

Most working residents leave Cornish for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (11%), South Portland (5%) and Hiram (5%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
9%
64 of 745 working residents
Typical commute
25 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
31 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
9%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 681 Cornish residents head out of town to work, 64 work right here, and 434 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cornish.

681live here, work elsewhere
64live and work here
434work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cornish goes to work

South PortlandWestbrookPortlandBiddefordSanfordShapleighHiramScarboroughParsonsfieldLimerickCornishBaldwinPorterLimingtonGorhamSebagoStandishPortlandSouth PortlandHiramWestbrookBiddefordGorhamParsonsfieldSanfordScarboroughCornish
1
Portland32.5 mi away
11%82
2
Cornish (in town)right here
9%64
3
South Portland27.8 mi away
5%39
4
Hiram5.8 mi away
5%37
5
Westbrook23.1 mi away
4%28
6
Biddeford30.8 mi away
4%28
7
Gorham17.9 mi away
4%28
8
Parsonsfield4.9 mi away
3%25
9
Sanford23.8 mi away
3%22
10
Scarborough27.3 mi away
3%21
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%371

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

How far

How far Cornish commutes

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

23%Under 10 mi
26%10–24 mi
40%25–50 mi
11%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cornish is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cornish are

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

Jobs based in Cornish

498 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities25%
Services (health, schools, offices…)52%
$1,250 a month or less29%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month33%

Jobs Cornish residents hold

745 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)24%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month57%
+26%

Jobs based in Cornish, 2013 → 2023: 394 → 498. 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.

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