Work & commute · New Gloucester

Work & commute in New Gloucester, ME

Most working residents leave New Gloucester for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (17%), Lewiston (7%) and South Portland (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

235 of 2,871 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,636 New Gloucester residents head out of town to work, 235 work right here, and 1,269 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Gloucester.

2,636live here, work elsewhere

235live and work here

1,269work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Gloucester goes to work

Portland23.1 mi away

17%481

New Gloucester (in town)right here

8%235

Lewiston11 mi away

7%204

South Portland22.5 mi away

6%171

Gray5.1 mi away

5%157

Auburn9.1 mi away

5%155

Freeport12.8 mi away

5%135

Westbrook17.5 mi away

4%102

Yarmouth13.8 mi away

3%98

Scarborough26.8 mi away

3%84

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,049

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

How far

How far New Gloucester commutes

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

25%

55%

11%

25%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Gloucester is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Gloucester are

1,504 jobs are based in New Gloucester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Gloucester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Gloucester

1,504 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs New Gloucester residents hold

2,871 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−4%

Jobs based in New Gloucester, 2013 → 2023: 1,566 → 1,504. 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.