Work & commute · Damariscotta

Work & commute in Damariscotta, ME

About one in 4 of Damariscotta’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portland (6%), Newcastle (5%) and Bath (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

189 of 833 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 644 Damariscotta residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 2,206 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Damariscotta.

644live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

2,206work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Damariscotta goes to work

Damariscotta (in town)right here

23%189

Portland43.9 mi away

6%51

Newcastle4.3 mi away

5%42

Bath18.8 mi away

5%39

Nobleboro5.4 mi away

4%32

Augusta24.7 mi away

4%30

Bristol9.3 mi away

4%30

Rockland19.2 mi away

3%28

Waldoboro8.7 mi away

3%27

Scarborough52.4 mi away

3%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%343

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

How far

How far Damariscotta commutes

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

41%

28%

19%

11%

41%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Damariscotta is a job hub

2.88jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Damariscotta are

2,395 jobs are based in Damariscotta. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Damariscotta’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Damariscotta

2,395 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Damariscotta residents hold

833 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+9%

Jobs based in Damariscotta, 2013 → 2023: 2,199 → 2,395. 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.