Work & commute · Poland

Work & commute in Poland, ME

Most working residents leave Poland for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (17%), Auburn (16%) and Portland (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

201 of 2,463 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,262 Poland residents head out of town to work, 201 work right here, and 1,185 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poland.

2,262live here, work elsewhere

201live and work here

1,185work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poland goes to work

Lewiston11.4 mi away

17%425

Auburn7.6 mi away

16%400

Poland (in town)right here

8%201

Portland30.5 mi away

6%152

Augusta38.2 mi away

4%95

Gray10 mi away

3%69

South Portland29.3 mi away

3%65

Windham17.5 mi away

2%50

Falmouth22 mi away

2%48

Scarborough33.1 mi away

2%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%914

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

How far

How far Poland commutes

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

37%

31%

23%

37%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poland is a commuter town

0.56jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poland are

1,386 jobs are based in Poland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Poland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Poland

1,386 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Poland residents hold

2,463 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+18%

Jobs based in Poland, 2013 → 2023: 1,170 → 1,386. 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.