Work & commute · Otisfield

Work & commute in Otisfield, ME

Most working residents leave Otisfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (10%), Paris (9%) and Auburn (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 882 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 861 Otisfield residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Otisfield.

861live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

84work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Otisfield goes to work

Lewiston18.7 mi away

10%85

Paris11.3 mi away

9%81

Auburn14.9 mi away

9%76

Oxford5.3 mi away

9%76

Portland36.4 mi away

6%53

Norway9.8 mi away

6%50

Scarborough37.5 mi away

3%26

Windham21.7 mi away

2%22

Otisfield (in town)right here

2%21

South Portland34.3 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%372

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

How far

How far Otisfield commutes

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

23%

36%

28%

13%

23%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Otisfield is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Otisfield are

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

Jobs based in Otisfield

105 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)55%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Otisfield residents hold

882 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+40%

Jobs based in Otisfield, 2013 → 2023: 75 → 105. 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.