Work & commute · Newport

Work & commute in Newport, ME

Most working residents leave Newport for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Bangor (19%), Pittsfield (6%) and Augusta (4%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

229 of 1,334 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,105 Newport residents head out of town to work, 229 work right here, and 1,426 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newport.

1,105live here, work elsewhere

229live and work here

1,426work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newport goes to work

Bangor21.2 mi away

19%256

Newport (in town)right here

17%229

Pittsfield12.5 mi away

6%80

Augusta44.7 mi away

4%52

Waterville31.1 mi away

4%47

Brewer24.4 mi away

3%37

Skowhegan23.2 mi away

2%29

Hermon15.1 mi away

2%28

Hampden18.9 mi away

2%26

Corinna5.8 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%526

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

How far

How far Newport commutes

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

28%

31%

25%

15%

28%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newport is balanced between jobs and homes

1.24jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.24 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newport are

1,655 jobs are based in Newport. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newport’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newport

1,655 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Newport residents hold

1,334 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+24%

Jobs based in Newport, 2013 → 2023: 1,336 → 1,655. 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.