Work & commute · Limerick

Work & commute in Limerick, ME

Most working residents leave Limerick for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (14%), South Portland (6%) and Waterboro (5%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

122 of 1,552 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,430 Limerick residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 304 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Limerick.

1,430live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

304work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Limerick goes to work

Portland30.1 mi away

14%215

Limerick (in town)right here

8%122

South Portland25.1 mi away

6%91

Waterboro6.5 mi away

5%81

Scarborough23.8 mi away

5%79

Sanford18.3 mi away

5%76

Biddeford26 mi away

4%63

Westbrook21.5 mi away

4%60

Saco21.2 mi away

3%49

Hollis9.3 mi away

3%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%677

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

How far

How far Limerick commutes

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

17%

50%

24%

17%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Limerick 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 Limerick are

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

Jobs based in Limerick

426 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Limerick residents hold

1,552 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+48%

Jobs based in Limerick, 2013 → 2023: 287 → 426. 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.