Work & commute · Georgetown

Work & commute in Georgetown, ME

Most working residents leave Georgetown for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bath (25%), Woolwich (11%) and Brunswick (9%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 422 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

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 407 Georgetown residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Georgetown.

407live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Georgetown goes to work

Bath16.1 mi away

25%105

Woolwich17.4 mi away

11%47

Brunswick16.9 mi away

9%36

Portland22 mi away

7%31

Georgetown (in town)right here

4%15

Freeport19.1 mi away

3%14

Wiscasset21.4 mi away

2%10

Boothbay Harbor10.9 mi away

2%9

Damariscotta25.5 mi away

2%8

Topsham20.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%139

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

How far

How far Georgetown commutes

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

41%

28%

22%

41%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Georgetown is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Georgetown are

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

Jobs based in Georgetown

175 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Georgetown residents hold

422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+33%

Jobs based in Georgetown, 2013 → 2023: 132 → 175. 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.