Work & commute · Lebanon

Work & commute in Lebanon, ME

Most working residents leave Lebanon for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Rochester (9%), Dover (8%) and Portsmouth (7%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

150 of 2,733 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,583 Lebanon residents head out of town to work, 150 work right here, and 331 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lebanon.

2,583live here, work elsewhere

150live and work here

331work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lebanon goes to work

Rochester, NH7.9 mi away

9%251

Dover, NH14.8 mi away

8%210

Portsmouth, NH24.4 mi away

7%180

Sanford8 mi away

6%167

North Berwick7.5 mi away

6%157

Lebanon (in town)right here

5%150

Portland39.9 mi away

4%109

Somersworth, NH10.2 mi away

4%105

South Portland35.2 mi away

3%87

York22.9 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%1,266

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

How far

How far Lebanon commutes

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

22%

42%

24%

12%

22%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lebanon is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lebanon are

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

Jobs based in Lebanon

481 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lebanon residents hold

2,733 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+21%

Jobs based in Lebanon, 2013 → 2023: 397 → 481. 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.