Work & commute · Dresden

Work & commute in Dresden, ME

Most working residents leave Dresden for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bath (14%), Wiscasset (11%) and Portland (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 688 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 672 Dresden residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 102 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dresden.

672live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

102work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dresden goes to work

Bath11.9 mi away

14%94

Wiscasset5.5 mi away

11%78

Portland38.5 mi away

7%50

Brunswick17.6 mi away

5%36

Augusta17.2 mi away

4%29

Damariscotta13 mi away

4%27

Lewiston21.6 mi away

3%21

Boothbay24.3 mi away

3%18

Newcastle8.7 mi away

2%17

Dresden (in town)right here

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%302

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

How far

How far Dresden commutes

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

20%

48%

23%

20%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dresden is a commuter town

0.17jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Dresden are

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

Jobs based in Dresden

118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Dresden residents hold

688 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+103%

Jobs based in Dresden, 2013 → 2023: 58 → 118. 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.