Work & commute · Monmouth

Work & commute in Monmouth, ME

Most working residents leave Monmouth for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (16%), Augusta (14%) and Auburn (10%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

188 of 1,835 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,647 Monmouth residents head out of town to work, 188 work right here, and 543 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monmouth.

1,647live here, work elsewhere

188live and work here

543work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monmouth goes to work

Lewiston12.7 mi away

16%287

Augusta15.5 mi away

14%258

Monmouth (in town)right here

10%188

Auburn15.5 mi away

10%186

Winthrop5.9 mi away

5%95

Portland42.3 mi away

3%54

Bath22.4 mi away

3%53

Bangor73.1 mi away

2%42

Waterville27.7 mi away

2%29

South Portland43.7 mi away

2%29

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%614

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

How far

How far Monmouth commutes

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

20%

53%

17%

10%

20%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monmouth is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monmouth are

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

Jobs based in Monmouth

731 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month41%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Monmouth residents hold

1,835 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+36%

Jobs based in Monmouth, 2013 → 2023: 538 → 731. 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.