Work & commute · Kittery

Work & commute in Kittery, ME

About one in 5 of Kittery’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (16%), York (8%) and Portland (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

707 of 3,532 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,825 Kittery residents head out of town to work, 707 work right here, and 3,227 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kittery.

2,825live here, work elsewhere

707live and work here

3,227work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kittery goes to work

Kittery (in town)right here

20%707

Portsmouth, NH9.7 mi away

16%579

York11.1 mi away

8%293

Portland48.3 mi away

4%144

Exeter, NH18.1 mi away

3%94

Dover, NH18.9 mi away

3%90

Eliot13.1 mi away

2%78

Newington, NH12.4 mi away

2%62

South Portland46.2 mi away

2%61

Kennebunk25.7 mi away

2%54

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,370

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

How far

How far Kittery commutes

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

55%

16%

15%

14%

55%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kittery is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kittery are

3,934 jobs are based in Kittery. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kittery’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kittery

3,934 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Kittery residents hold

3,532 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+12%

Jobs based in Kittery, 2013 → 2023: 3,527 → 3,934. 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.