Work & commute · Mexico

Work & commute in Mexico, ME

Most working residents leave Mexico for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Rumford (19%), Lewiston (8%) and Portland (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

106 of 1,063 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 957 Mexico residents head out of town to work, 106 work right here, and 717 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Mexico.

957live here, work elsewhere

106live and work here

717work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Mexico goes to work

Rumford6.4 mi away

19%200

Mexico (in town)right here

10%106

Lewiston35.8 mi away

8%80

Portland65.4 mi away

4%42

Augusta40.4 mi away

3%33

Auburn34.6 mi away

3%30

Bangor86 mi away

3%28

Dixfield5.1 mi away

3%28

Paris21.1 mi away

2%25

Bethel14.6 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%466

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

How far

How far Mexico commutes

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

33%

16%

25%

26%

33%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Mexico is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Mexico are

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

Jobs based in Mexico

823 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities34%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Mexico residents hold

1,063 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month46%

+7%

Jobs based in Mexico, 2013 → 2023: 766 → 823. 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.