Work & commute · Newry

Work & commute in Newry, ME

Most working residents leave Newry for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Bethel (11%), Lewiston (7%) and Rumford (7%). Half commute less than 25 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

25 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 140 Newry residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newry.

140live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

157work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newry goes to work

Bethel7.4 mi away

11%16

Newry (in town)right here

8%12

Lewiston45 mi away

7%11

Rumford11.7 mi away

7%10

Paris26 mi away

5%8

Andover6.4 mi away

5%8

Portland69.7 mi away

4%6

Berlin, NH20.9 mi away

2%3

Brunswick61.4 mi away

2%3

Gorham, NH19 mi away

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%72

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

How far

How far Newry commutes

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

28%

21%

18%

33%

28%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

33%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newry is balanced between jobs and homes

1.11jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newry are

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

Jobs based in Newry

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less51%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month24%

Jobs Newry residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month45%

−77%

Jobs based in Newry, 2013 → 2023: 721 → 169. 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.