Work & commute · Edgecomb

Work & commute in Edgecomb, ME

Most working residents leave Edgecomb for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Damariscotta (12%), Portland (10%) and Newcastle (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 458 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 446 Edgecomb residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Edgecomb.

446live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

177work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Edgecomb goes to work

Damariscotta6.7 mi away

12%55

Portland37.2 mi away

10%44

Newcastle6 mi away

9%40

Bath12.4 mi away

5%24

Boothbay15 mi away

5%23

Boothbay Harbor9 mi away

5%22

Augusta26.1 mi away

4%17

Wiscasset5.3 mi away

3%14

Edgecomb (in town)right here

3%12

Brunswick19.1 mi away

3%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%195

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

How far

How far Edgecomb commutes

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

41%

19%

31%

41%Under 10 mi

19%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Edgecomb is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Edgecomb are

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

Jobs based in Edgecomb

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Edgecomb residents hold

458 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−5%

Jobs based in Edgecomb, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 189. 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.