Work & commute · Nobleboro

Work & commute in Nobleboro, ME

Most working residents leave Nobleboro for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Damariscotta (20%), Portland (8%) and Newcastle (5%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

43 of 676 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 633 Nobleboro residents head out of town to work, 43 work right here, and 323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Nobleboro.

633live here, work elsewhere

43live and work here

323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Nobleboro goes to work

Damariscotta5.4 mi away

20%133

Portland47.7 mi away

8%52

Nobleboro (in town)right here

6%43

Newcastle5.4 mi away

5%32

Bath21.5 mi away

4%24

Bristol14.7 mi away

4%24

Augusta20.4 mi away

3%23

Rockland17.5 mi away

3%19

Boothbay24.6 mi away

3%18

Scarborough56.1 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%292

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

How far

How far Nobleboro commutes

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

36%

30%

15%

19%

36%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Nobleboro is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Nobleboro are

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

Jobs based in Nobleboro

366 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Nobleboro residents hold

676 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+30%

Jobs based in Nobleboro, 2013 → 2023: 282 → 366. 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.