Work & commute · Medway

Work & commute in Medway, ME

Most working residents leave Medway for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Lincoln (15%), Bangor (11%) and Millinocket (9%). Half commute less than 45 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25 of 455 working residents

Typical commute

45 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 430 Medway residents head out of town to work, 25 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Medway.

430live here, work elsewhere

25live and work here

205work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Medway goes to work

Lincoln18.8 mi away

15%70

Bangor57.3 mi away

11%51

Millinocket10.4 mi away

9%41

East Millinocket6.4 mi away

7%31

Chester13.5 mi away

6%27

Medway (in town)right here

5%25

Old Town48.3 mi away

2%11

Augusta108.6 mi away

2%11

Brewer59.6 mi away

2%10

Hermon59.9 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%169

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

How far

How far Medway commutes

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

18%

27%

10%

45%

18%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

45%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Medway is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Medway are

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

Jobs based in Medway

230 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month37%

Jobs Medway residents hold

455 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month50%

−11%

Jobs based in Medway, 2013 → 2023: 257 → 230. 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.