Work & commute · Lewiston

Work & commute in Lewiston, ME

About one in 3 of Lewiston’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Auburn (17%), Portland (7%) and Augusta (3%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

5,471 of 15,968 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 10,497 Lewiston residents head out of town to work, 5,471 work right here, and 17,302 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lewiston.

10,497live here, work elsewhere

5,471live and work here

17,302work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lewiston goes to work

Lewiston (in town)right here

34%5,471

Auburn3.9 mi away

17%2,691

Portland31.5 mi away

7%1,083

Augusta27.5 mi away

3%532

South Portland32.1 mi away

3%449

Bath19.4 mi away

2%337

Brunswick16.6 mi away

2%308

Freeport17.3 mi away

2%299

Scarborough36.7 mi away

2%277

Lisbon6.7 mi away

2%270

Everywhere elseother towns and states

27%4,251

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

How far

How far Lewiston commutes

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

54%

16%

21%

54%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lewiston is balanced between jobs and homes

1.43jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lewiston are

22,773 jobs are based in Lewiston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lewiston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lewiston

22,773 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Lewiston residents hold

15,968 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−5%

Jobs based in Lewiston, 2013 → 2023: 23,928 → 22,773. 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.