Work & commute · Pownal

Work & commute in Pownal, ME

Most working residents leave Pownal for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (18%), New Gloucester (7%) and Lewiston (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

9 of 795 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 786 Pownal residents head out of town to work, 9 work right here, and 277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pownal.

786live here, work elsewhere

9live and work here

277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pownal goes to work

Portland18.7 mi away

18%141

New Gloucester6.8 mi away

7%56

Lewiston12.8 mi away

7%54

Freeport6.1 mi away

7%54

Gray9.2 mi away

6%47

Auburn12.9 mi away

5%40

South Portland19.5 mi away

5%39

Westbrook16 mi away

4%33

Falmouth12.2 mi away

3%27

Augusta37.2 mi away

3%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%278

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

How far

How far Pownal commutes

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

25%

57%

25%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pownal is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pownal are

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

Jobs based in Pownal

286 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Pownal residents hold

795 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+170%

Jobs based in Pownal, 2013 → 2023: 106 → 286. 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.