Work & commute · Gardiner

Work & commute in Gardiner, ME

Most working residents leave Gardiner for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Augusta (25%), Bath (6%) and Auburn (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

344 of 2,545 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,201 Gardiner residents head out of town to work, 344 work right here, and 2,597 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gardiner.

2,201live here, work elsewhere

344live and work here

2,597work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gardiner goes to work

Augusta10.1 mi away

25%638

Gardiner (in town)right here

14%344

Bath18.3 mi away

6%145

Auburn23.9 mi away

4%93

Lewiston20.1 mi away

3%84

Chelsea5.8 mi away

3%84

Waterville25.1 mi away

3%83

Portland43.4 mi away

3%74

Brunswick22.5 mi away

3%74

Bangor66.1 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%874

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

How far

How far Gardiner commutes

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

46%

29%

16%

10%

46%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gardiner is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Gardiner are

2,941 jobs are based in Gardiner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gardiner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gardiner

2,941 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Gardiner residents hold

2,545 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+3%

Jobs based in Gardiner, 2013 → 2023: 2,846 → 2,941. 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.