Work & commute · Lisbon

Work & commute in Lisbon, ME

Most working residents leave Lisbon for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (16%), Auburn (8%) and Brunswick (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

432 of 4,339 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 3,907 Lisbon residents head out of town to work, 432 work right here, and 1,395 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lisbon.

3,907live here, work elsewhere

432live and work here

1,395work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lisbon goes to work

Lewiston6.7 mi away

16%702

Lisbon (in town)right here

10%432

Auburn9.6 mi away

8%356

Brunswick10 mi away

8%351

Bath13 mi away

7%284

Portland27.2 mi away

6%261

Freeport12 mi away

5%204

Topsham7.2 mi away

4%189

Augusta27.7 mi away

4%174

South Portland28.7 mi away

3%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,273

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

How far

How far Lisbon commutes

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

39%

33%

20%

39%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lisbon is a commuter town

0.42jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lisbon are

1,827 jobs are based in Lisbon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lisbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lisbon

1,827 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Lisbon residents hold

4,339 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+22%

Jobs based in Lisbon, 2013 → 2023: 1,500 → 1,827. 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.