Work & commute · Leeds

Work & commute in Leeds, ME

Most working residents leave Leeds for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (20%), Auburn (13%) and Augusta (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

48 of 1,150 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

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,102 Leeds residents head out of town to work, 48 work right here, and 259 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leeds.

1,102live here, work elsewhere

48live and work here

259work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Leeds goes to work

Lewiston14.4 mi away

20%225

Auburn15.7 mi away

13%149

Augusta19.9 mi away

9%103

Turner5.9 mi away

6%71

Portland45.8 mi away

5%63

Leeds (in town)right here

4%48

Greene7.3 mi away

3%32

Bath28.8 mi away

2%27

Winthrop8.5 mi away

2%27

Scarborough51 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%381

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

How far

How far Leeds commutes

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

19%

49%

22%

10%

19%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Leeds is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leeds are

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

Jobs based in Leeds

307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Leeds residents hold

1,150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+52%

Jobs based in Leeds, 2013 → 2023: 202 → 307. 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.