Work & commute · North Berwick

Work & commute in North Berwick, ME

Most working residents leave North Berwick for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Sanford (7%), Portland (6%) and Portsmouth (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

282 of 2,079 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,797 North Berwick residents head out of town to work, 282 work right here, and 2,876 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Berwick.

1,797live here, work elsewhere

282live and work here

2,876work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Berwick goes to work

North Berwick (in town)right here

14%282

Sanford5.1 mi away

7%142

Portland35.5 mi away

6%135

Portsmouth, NH20.2 mi away

5%110

Dover, NH12.6 mi away

5%99

York16 mi away

5%96

Wells7.9 mi away

4%84

Berwick4.8 mi away

3%61

South Portland31.4 mi away

3%59

Rochester, NH10.7 mi away

3%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%952

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

How far

How far North Berwick commutes

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

32%

35%

20%

13%

32%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Berwick is a job hub

1.52jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.5 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in North Berwick are

3,158 jobs are based in North Berwick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Berwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Berwick

3,158 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)75%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)21%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month84%

Jobs North Berwick residents hold

2,079 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+41%

Jobs based in North Berwick, 2013 → 2023: 2,233 → 3,158. 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.