Work & commute · Farmingdale

Work & commute in Farmingdale, ME

Most working residents leave Farmingdale for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Augusta (30%), Gardiner (6%) and Bath (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

83 of 1,367 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,284 Farmingdale residents head out of town to work, 83 work right here, and 607 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmingdale.

1,284live here, work elsewhere

83live and work here

607work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farmingdale goes to work

Augusta6.9 mi away

30%413

Gardiner4.8 mi away

6%86

Farmingdale (in town)right here

6%83

Bath22.7 mi away

4%60

Hallowell1.9 mi away

4%55

Waterville21.3 mi away

4%48

Portland46.9 mi away

3%41

Lewiston20.8 mi away

3%38

Chelsea4.8 mi away

2%33

Brunswick26.2 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%481

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

How far

How far Farmingdale commutes

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

54%

23%

14%

10%

54%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farmingdale is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Farmingdale are

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

Jobs based in Farmingdale

690 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Farmingdale residents hold

1,367 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−27%

Jobs based in Farmingdale, 2013 → 2023: 941 → 690. 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.