Work & commute · Kennebunk

Work & commute in Kennebunk, ME

About one in 5 of Kennebunk’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portland (12%), Biddeford (7%) and South Portland (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

1,034 of 4,979 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,945 Kennebunk residents head out of town to work, 1,034 work right here, and 4,382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kennebunk.

3,945live here, work elsewhere

1,034live and work here

4,382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kennebunk goes to work

Kennebunk (in town)right here

21%1,034

Portland25.9 mi away

12%616

Biddeford9.5 mi away

7%324

South Portland22.4 mi away

5%234

Sanford10.4 mi away

4%187

Scarborough17.7 mi away

4%185

Wells5.7 mi away

4%175

Saco12.7 mi away

3%163

Kennebunkport6.6 mi away

3%140

Westbrook25.2 mi away

2%121

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,800

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

How far

How far Kennebunk commutes

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

40%

35%

11%

14%

40%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kennebunk is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kennebunk are

5,416 jobs are based in Kennebunk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kennebunk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kennebunk

5,416 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Kennebunk residents hold

4,979 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+21%

Jobs based in Kennebunk, 2013 → 2023: 4,482 → 5,416. 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.