Work & commute · Sabattus

Work & commute in Sabattus, ME

Most working residents leave Sabattus for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (23%), Auburn (12%) and Portland (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

139 of 2,344 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 2,205 Sabattus residents head out of town to work, 139 work right here, and 518 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sabattus.

2,205live here, work elsewhere

139live and work here

518work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sabattus goes to work

Lewiston5 mi away

23%546

Auburn8.8 mi away

12%280

Portland32.3 mi away

7%171

Sabattus (in town)right here

6%139

Augusta23.6 mi away

6%132

Bath15.8 mi away

4%96

Brunswick14.5 mi away

4%86

Lisbon5.2 mi away

3%69

Freeport17.2 mi away

3%59

South Portland33.7 mi away

2%47

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%719

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

How far

How far Sabattus commutes

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

44%

29%

20%

44%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sabattus is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sabattus are

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

Jobs based in Sabattus

657 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Sabattus residents hold

2,344 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+19%

Jobs based in Sabattus, 2013 → 2023: 552 → 657. 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.