Work & commute · Fairfield

Work & commute in Fairfield, ME

Most working residents leave Fairfield for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Waterville (21%), Augusta (12%) and Skowhegan (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

292 of 3,222 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 2,930 Fairfield residents head out of town to work, 292 work right here, and 1,932 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfield.

2,930live here, work elsewhere

292live and work here

1,932work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfield goes to work

Waterville7.3 mi away

21%681

Augusta22.2 mi away

12%375

Fairfield (in town)right here

9%292

Skowhegan7.6 mi away

5%164

Winslow9.8 mi away

5%152

Oakland6.1 mi away

4%138

Bangor44.6 mi away

4%117

Portland75 mi away

3%95

Auburn48.8 mi away

2%61

Benton8.2 mi away

1%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,100

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

How far

How far Fairfield commutes

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

43%

21%

17%

18%

43%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfield is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfield are

2,224 jobs are based in Fairfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairfield

2,224 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Fairfield residents hold

3,222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+16%

Jobs based in Fairfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,922 → 2,224. 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.