Work & commute · Naples

Work & commute in Naples, ME

Most working residents leave Naples for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (16%), South Portland (6%) and Windham (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

248 of 1,959 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,711 Naples residents head out of town to work, 248 work right here, and 839 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Naples.

1,711live here, work elsewhere

248live and work here

839work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Naples goes to work

Portland32.9 mi away

16%308

Naples (in town)right here

13%248

South Portland29.7 mi away

6%110

Windham17.2 mi away

5%105

Lewiston24.6 mi away

5%99

Bridgton7 mi away

5%93

Westbrook23.5 mi away

4%78

Scarborough31.9 mi away

4%70

Auburn20.9 mi away

3%68

Casco6.7 mi away

3%63

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%717

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

How far

How far Naples commutes

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

23%

36%

31%

10%

23%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Naples is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Naples are

1,087 jobs are based in Naples. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Naples’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Naples

1,087 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Naples residents hold

1,959 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+21%

Jobs based in Naples, 2013 → 2023: 898 → 1,087. 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.