Work & commute · New Sharon

Work & commute in New Sharon, ME

Most working residents leave New Sharon for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (16%), Augusta (10%) and Portland (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

29 of 714 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 685 New Sharon residents head out of town to work, 29 work right here, and 111 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Sharon.

685live here, work elsewhere

29live and work here

111work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Sharon goes to work

Farmington7.2 mi away

16%111

Augusta25.4 mi away

10%73

Portland70.9 mi away

4%32

New Sharon (in town)right here

4%29

Wilton12.3 mi away

4%26

Skowhegan18.1 mi away

4%25

Chesterville9.4 mi away

3%24

Waterville18.2 mi away

3%20

Lewiston39.7 mi away

3%20

Belgrade11.9 mi away

3%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%335

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

How far

How far New Sharon commutes

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

24%

31%

19%

27%

24%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

27%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Sharon is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Sharon are

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

Jobs based in New Sharon

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities39%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month28%

Jobs New Sharon residents hold

714 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+21%

Jobs based in New Sharon, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 140. 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.