Work & commute · Farmington

Work & commute in Farmington, ME

About one in 4 of Farmington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portland (5%), Augusta (5%) and Wilton (4%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
26%
750 of 2,870 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
20%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,120 Farmington residents head out of town to work, 750 work right here, and 3,075 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmington.

2,120live here, work elsewhere
750live and work here
3,075work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Farmington goes to work

WatervillePortlandLewistonBangorAugustaAuburnChestervilleSkowheganWiltonIndustryOronoStrongNew SharonNew VineyardFarmingtonJayTemplePortlandAugustaWiltonWatervilleLewistonBangorSkowheganAuburnOronoFarmington
1
Farmington (in town)right here
26%750
2
Portland72.2 mi away
5%154
3
Augusta31 mi away
5%148
4
Wilton6.3 mi away
4%124
5
Waterville25.3 mi away
3%77
6
Lewiston40.6 mi away
3%77
7
Bangor67.2 mi away
3%72
8
Skowhegan24 mi away
2%64
9
Auburn41.3 mi away
2%59
10
Orono70.2 mi away
2%48
Everywhere elseother towns and states
45%1,297

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

How far

How far Farmington commutes

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

34%Under 10 mi
14%10–24 mi
21%25–50 mi
31%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Farmington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.33jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.33 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Farmington are

3,825 jobs are based in Farmington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farmington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farmington

3,825 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less17%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Farmington residents hold

2,870 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)14%
Trade, transport & utilities20%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month36%
Over $3,333 a month49%
−13%

Jobs based in Farmington, 2013 → 2023: 4,418 → 3,825. 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.

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