Work & commute · Cumberland

Work & commute in Cumberland, ME

Most working residents leave Cumberland for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (30%), South Portland (6%) and Westbrook (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

398 of 3,895 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,497 Cumberland residents head out of town to work, 398 work right here, and 1,433 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cumberland.

3,497live here, work elsewhere

398live and work here

1,433work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cumberland goes to work

Portland11.1 mi away

30%1,151

Cumberland (in town)right here

10%398

South Portland10.9 mi away

6%246

Westbrook7.5 mi away

6%234

Falmouth3.5 mi away

6%222

Yarmouth4.8 mi away

5%181

Scarborough15.5 mi away

4%156

Freeport9 mi away

3%129

Lewiston21.2 mi away

2%95

Brunswick15.8 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,002

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

How far

How far Cumberland commutes

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

48%

38%

48%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cumberland is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cumberland are

1,831 jobs are based in Cumberland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cumberland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Cumberland

1,831 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Cumberland residents hold

3,895 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+31%

Jobs based in Cumberland, 2013 → 2023: 1,398 → 1,831. 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.