Work & commute · Gray

Work & commute in Gray, ME

Most working residents leave Gray for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (23%), Westbrook (7%) and South Portland (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

392 of 4,187 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,795 Gray residents head out of town to work, 392 work right here, and 1,990 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Gray.

3,795live here, work elsewhere

392live and work here

1,990work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Gray goes to work

Portland20.9 mi away

23%964

Gray (in town)right here

9%392

Westbrook13.6 mi away

7%300

South Portland19.3 mi away

7%297

Windham7.8 mi away

5%191

Scarborough23.1 mi away

4%182

Lewiston16 mi away

4%166

Falmouth12.2 mi away

3%145

Auburn13.7 mi away

3%134

Yarmouth13.4 mi away

3%115

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,301

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

How far

How far Gray commutes

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

21%

64%

21%Under 10 mi

64%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Gray is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Gray are

2,382 jobs are based in Gray. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Gray’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Gray

2,382 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Gray residents hold

4,187 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+19%

Jobs based in Gray, 2013 → 2023: 1,996 → 2,382. 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.