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Work & commute · Mechanic Falls

Work & commute in Mechanic Falls, ME

Most working residents leave Mechanic Falls for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Auburn (21%), Lewiston (18%) and Portland (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
6%
91 of 1,482 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,391 Mechanic Falls residents head out of town to work, 91 work right here, and 560 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mechanic Falls.

1,391live here, work elsewhere
91live and work here
560work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Mechanic Falls goes to work

BathSouth PortlandPortlandLewistonAugustaAuburnPolandParisNorwayMechanic FallsOtisfieldMinotTurnerOxfordAuburnLewistonPortlandPolandMinotAugustaBathSouth PortlandOxfordMechanic Falls
1
Auburn7.8 mi away
21%305
2
Lewiston11.6 mi away
18%268
3
Mechanic Falls (in town)right here
6%91
4
Portland34.4 mi away
6%82
5
Poland4 mi away
4%64
6
Minot4.1 mi away
3%41
7
Augusta36.8 mi away
2%35
8
Bath30.2 mi away
2%33
9
South Portland33.2 mi away
2%30
10
Oxford4.4 mi away
2%29
Everywhere elseother towns and states
34%504

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

How far

How far Mechanic Falls commutes

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

47%Under 10 mi
20%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Mechanic Falls is a commuter town

0.44jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Mechanic Falls are

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

Jobs based in Mechanic Falls

651 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)41%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)36%
$1,250 a month or less20%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Mechanic Falls residents hold

1,482 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)22%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%
Over $3,333 a month64%
+9%

Jobs based in Mechanic Falls, 2013 → 2023: 600 → 651. 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.

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