Work & commute · Kennebunkport

Work & commute in Kennebunkport, ME

Most working residents leave Kennebunkport for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Kennebunk (14%), Portland (12%) and Biddeford (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

185 of 1,325 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

32%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,140 Kennebunkport residents head out of town to work, 185 work right here, and 747 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kennebunkport.

1,140live here, work elsewhere

185live and work here

747work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kennebunkport goes to work

Kennebunkport (in town)right here

14%185

Kennebunk6.6 mi away

14%182

Portland22.1 mi away

12%164

Biddeford5.3 mi away

9%116

South Portland19.7 mi away

4%50

Scarborough14.9 mi away

4%47

Saco11.2 mi away

3%37

Sanford16.9 mi away

2%30

Wells10.8 mi away

2%30

Lewiston51.6 mi away

2%27

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%457

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

How far

How far Kennebunkport commutes

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

42%

32%

10%

16%

42%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kennebunkport is a commuter town

0.70jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kennebunkport are

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

Jobs based in Kennebunkport

932 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Kennebunkport residents hold

1,325 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+13%

Jobs based in Kennebunkport, 2013 → 2023: 826 → 932. 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.