Work & commute · Jay

Work & commute in Jay, ME

Most working residents leave Jay for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (8%), Lewiston (6%) and Augusta (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

216 of 2,169 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,953 Jay residents head out of town to work, 216 work right here, and 639 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jay.

1,953live here, work elsewhere

216live and work here

639work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jay goes to work

Jay (in town)right here

10%216

Farmington11.5 mi away

8%168

Lewiston29.6 mi away

6%136

Augusta26.3 mi away

6%130

Portland61.1 mi away

6%124

Auburn30 mi away

6%123

Wilton8 mi away

5%102

Livermore Falls5.9 mi away

4%96

Rumford21 mi away

3%65

Livermore7.3 mi away

2%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%957

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

How far

How far Jay commutes

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

26%

20%

27%

26%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jay is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Jay are

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

Jobs based in Jay

855 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Jay residents hold

2,169 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−53%

Jobs based in Jay, 2013 → 2023: 1,828 → 855. 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.