Work & commute · Harpswell

Work & commute in Harpswell, ME

Most working residents leave Harpswell for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Brunswick (15%), Portland (13%) and Bath (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

212 of 1,731 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,519 Harpswell residents head out of town to work, 212 work right here, and 333 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harpswell.

1,519live here, work elsewhere

212live and work here

333work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harpswell goes to work

Brunswick11.2 mi away

15%265

Portland12.7 mi away

13%228

Harpswell (in town)right here

12%212

Bath15.1 mi away

6%109

Topsham16 mi away

4%77

Augusta43.2 mi away

4%72

Freeport9.7 mi away

4%70

Lewiston26.5 mi away

4%67

South Portland17.2 mi away

3%59

Yarmouth9.8 mi away

2%37

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%535

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

How far

How far Harpswell commutes

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

32%

41%

16%

11%

32%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harpswell is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harpswell are

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

Jobs based in Harpswell

545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Harpswell residents hold

1,731 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+67%

Jobs based in Harpswell, 2013 → 2023: 326 → 545. 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.