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Work & commute · Frye Island

Work & commute in Frye Island, ME

Most working residents leave Frye Island for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are South Portland (23%), Westbrook (15%) and Portland (15%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
0%
0 of 13 working residents
Typical commute
17 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
0%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13 Frye Island residents head out of town to work, 0 work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Frye Island.

13live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
12work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
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Where Frye Island goes to work

South PortlandWestbrookPortlandAuburnScarboroughWindhamCape ElizabethFalmouthFrye IslandWaterboroChelseaHampdenGorhamNaplesStandishMaynardRumneySouth PortlandWestbrookPortlandScarboroughWindhamFalmouthChelseaHampdenFrye Island
1
South Portland18.3 mi away
23%3
2
Westbrook12.2 mi away
15%2
3
Portland21.8 mi away
15%2
4
Scarborough20.5 mi away
15%2
5
Windham6.4 mi away
8%1
6
Falmouth13.8 mi away
8%1
7
Chelsea49.2 mi away
8%1
8
Hampden102 mi away
8%1

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

How far

How far Frye Island commutes

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

8%Under 10 mi
77%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Frye Island is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Frye Island are

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

Jobs based in Frye Island

12 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)0%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)100%
$1,250 a month or less8%
$1,251–$3,333 a month42%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Frye Island residents hold

13 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)15%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less0%
$1,251–$3,333 a month38%
Over $3,333 a month62%
+33%

Jobs based in Frye Island, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 12. 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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