Work & commute · Ogunquit

Work & commute in Ogunquit, ME

About one in 5 of Ogunquit’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Portland (9%), York (8%) and Wells (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

84 of 386 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

43%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 302 Ogunquit residents head out of town to work, 84 work right here, and 821 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ogunquit.

302live here, work elsewhere

84live and work here

821work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ogunquit goes to work

Ogunquit (in town)right here

22%84

Portland34.3 mi away

9%35

York4.6 mi away

8%32

Wells6 mi away

5%19

Saco22.1 mi away

4%15

Portsmouth, NH15.3 mi away

3%13

South Portland31.5 mi away

2%9

Westbrook34.9 mi away

2%7

Lewiston62.8 mi away

2%7

Augusta87.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%158

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

How far

How far Ogunquit commutes

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

37%

16%

25%

22%

37%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ogunquit is a job hub

2.34jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ogunquit are

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

Jobs based in Ogunquit

905 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Ogunquit residents hold

386 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+5%

Jobs based in Ogunquit, 2013 → 2023: 863 → 905. 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.