Work & commute · Fryeburg

Work & commute in Fryeburg, ME

About one in 4 of Fryeburg’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Conway (28%), Portland (4%) and Bridgton (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

368 of 1,543 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,175 Fryeburg residents head out of town to work, 368 work right here, and 826 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fryeburg.

1,175live here, work elsewhere

368live and work here

826work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fryeburg goes to work

Conway, NH7.1 mi away

28%426

Fryeburg (in town)right here

24%368

Portland46.9 mi away

4%56

Bridgton9.5 mi away

3%53

Bartlett, NH14.5 mi away

3%53

Lewiston38 mi away

2%27

South Portland43 mi away

1%22

Denmark6.8 mi away

1%15

Westbrook37.1 mi away

1%14

Scarborough44.3 mi away

1%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%495

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

How far

How far Fryeburg commutes

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

52%

16%

21%

11%

52%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fryeburg is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fryeburg are

1,194 jobs are based in Fryeburg. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fryeburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fryeburg

1,194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fryeburg residents hold

1,543 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

−1%

Jobs based in Fryeburg, 2013 → 2023: 1,205 → 1,194. 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.