Work & commute · Greene

Work & commute in Greene, ME

Most working residents leave Greene for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (24%), Auburn (16%) and Augusta (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

143 of 2,023 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 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 1,880 Greene residents head out of town to work, 143 work right here, and 275 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greene.

1,880live here, work elsewhere

143live and work here

275work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greene goes to work

Lewiston7.1 mi away

24%495

Auburn8.9 mi away

16%326

Greene (in town)right here

7%143

Augusta22.7 mi away

6%120

Portland38.5 mi away

6%115

Turner7.3 mi away

4%77

Bath23.1 mi away

3%67

South Portland39.2 mi away

2%50

Westbrook34.9 mi away

2%36

Scarborough43.8 mi away

1%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%565

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

How far

How far Greene commutes

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

47%

24%

21%

47%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greene is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Greene are

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

Jobs based in Greene

418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Greene residents hold

2,023 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+7%

Jobs based in Greene, 2013 → 2023: 391 → 418. 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.