Work & commute · Litchfield

Work & commute in Litchfield, ME

Most working residents leave Litchfield for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (14%), Augusta (14%) and Auburn (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

126 of 1,572 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,446 Litchfield residents head out of town to work, 126 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Litchfield.

1,446live here, work elsewhere

126live and work here

221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Litchfield goes to work

Lewiston13.1 mi away

14%225

Augusta15 mi away

14%222

Litchfield (in town)right here

8%126

Auburn16.8 mi away

6%100

Bath17.1 mi away

5%86

Portland39.3 mi away

3%53

Brunswick19.1 mi away

3%50

Gardiner7.2 mi away

3%44

Topsham14.4 mi away

2%39

Freeport23.8 mi away

2%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%595

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

How far

How far Litchfield commutes

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

20%

56%

15%

20%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Litchfield is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Litchfield are

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

Jobs based in Litchfield

347 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Litchfield residents hold

1,572 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+23%

Jobs based in Litchfield, 2013 → 2023: 282 → 347. 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.