Work & commute · Old Orchard Beach

Work & commute in Old Orchard Beach, ME

Most working residents leave Old Orchard Beach for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (20%), Scarborough (10%) and South Portland (10%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

384 of 4,298 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 3,914 Old Orchard Beach residents head out of town to work, 384 work right here, and 858 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old Orchard Beach.

3,914live here, work elsewhere

384live and work here

858work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Old Orchard Beach goes to work

Portland11 mi away

20%851

Scarborough2.8 mi away

10%447

South Portland7.6 mi away

10%432

Old Orchard Beach (in town)right here

9%384

Biddeford6.8 mi away

7%302

Saco3.2 mi away

7%281

Westbrook12 mi away

5%227

Kennebunk15 mi away

2%99

Gorham12.7 mi away

2%76

Falmouth14.8 mi away

2%70

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%1,129

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

How far

How far Old Orchard Beach commutes

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

47%

35%

10%

47%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Old Orchard Beach is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Old Orchard Beach are

1,242 jobs are based in Old Orchard Beach. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old Orchard Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Old Orchard Beach

1,242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Old Orchard Beach residents hold

4,298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+8%

Jobs based in Old Orchard Beach, 2013 → 2023: 1,145 → 1,242. 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.