Work & commute · Phippsburg

Work & commute in Phippsburg, ME

Most working residents leave Phippsburg for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bath (25%), Brunswick (14%) and Portland (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 872 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 856 Phippsburg residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Phippsburg.

856live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Phippsburg goes to work

Bath13.3 mi away

25%215

Brunswick13 mi away

14%120

Portland19.4 mi away

10%85

West Bath9.2 mi away

6%53

Topsham16.8 mi away

3%29

Augusta41.3 mi away

3%22

Freeport15 mi away

2%21

South Portland24.2 mi away

2%20

Woolwich15.4 mi away

2%19

Scarborough28 mi away

2%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%270

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

How far

How far Phippsburg commutes

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

39%

31%

21%

10%

39%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Phippsburg is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Phippsburg are

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

Jobs based in Phippsburg

155 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Phippsburg residents hold

872 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+53%

Jobs based in Phippsburg, 2013 → 2023: 101 → 155. 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.