Work & commute · Dixfield

Work & commute in Dixfield, ME

Most working residents leave Dixfield for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Rumford (11%), Lewiston (7%) and Auburn (6%). Half commute less than 30 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 985 working residents

Typical commute

30 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 892 Dixfield residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 463 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dixfield.

892live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

463work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dixfield goes to work

Rumford11.5 mi away

11%106

Dixfield (in town)right here

9%93

Lewiston32.6 mi away

7%66

Auburn31.8 mi away

6%63

Mexico5.1 mi away

4%42

Portland63.1 mi away

4%38

Augusta35.4 mi away

3%27

Paris20.3 mi away

3%27

Bangor81.5 mi away

2%24

Canton5.8 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%476

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

How far

How far Dixfield commutes

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

28%

19%

27%

26%

28%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dixfield is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dixfield are

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

Jobs based in Dixfield

556 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Dixfield residents hold

985 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+16%

Jobs based in Dixfield, 2013 → 2023: 480 → 556. 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.