Work & commute · Parsonsfield

Work & commute in Parsonsfield, ME

Most working residents leave Parsonsfield for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (10%), Cornish (8%) and Hiram (6%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

33 of 857 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

48 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 824 Parsonsfield residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Parsonsfield.

824live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

136work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Parsonsfield goes to work

Portland36.1 mi away

10%84

Cornish4.9 mi away

8%72

Hiram8.6 mi away

6%49

South Portland31.2 mi away

4%35

Scarborough30.1 mi away

4%33

Parsonsfield (in town)right here

4%33

Sanford22.4 mi away

3%27

Limerick6.4 mi away

3%26

Porter7.7 mi away

3%26

Westbrook27.1 mi away

3%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%447

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

How far

How far Parsonsfield commutes

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

23%

21%

43%

12%

23%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

43%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Parsonsfield is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Parsonsfield are

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

Jobs based in Parsonsfield

169 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities33%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Parsonsfield residents hold

857 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−12%

Jobs based in Parsonsfield, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 169. 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.