Work & commute · Newcastle

Work & commute in Newcastle, ME

Most working residents leave Newcastle for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Damariscotta (10%), Portland (9%) and Bath (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

73 of 764 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 691 Newcastle residents head out of town to work, 73 work right here, and 631 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newcastle.

691live here, work elsewhere

73live and work here

631work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newcastle goes to work

Damariscotta4.3 mi away

10%75

Newcastle (in town)right here

10%73

Portland42.3 mi away

9%68

Bath16.2 mi away

5%35

Wiscasset6.6 mi away

4%34

Boothbay20.7 mi away

4%33

Boothbay Harbor14.9 mi away

4%32

Augusta21.2 mi away

4%31

Edgecomb6 mi away

3%24

Scarborough50.7 mi away

3%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%337

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

How far

How far Newcastle commutes

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

34%

29%

24%

14%

34%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newcastle is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newcastle are

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

Jobs based in Newcastle

704 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Newcastle residents hold

764 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−1%

Jobs based in Newcastle, 2013 → 2023: 714 → 704. 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.