Work & commute · Sebago

Work & commute in Sebago, ME

Most working residents leave Sebago for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (12%), South Portland (6%) and Westbrook (6%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

45 of 883 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 838 Sebago residents head out of town to work, 45 work right here, and 147 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sebago.

838live here, work elsewhere

45live and work here

147work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sebago goes to work

Portland29.2 mi away

12%109

South Portland25.4 mi away

6%57

Westbrook19.4 mi away

6%51

Windham13.9 mi away

6%49

Gorham15.9 mi away

5%47

Sebago (in town)right here

5%45

Scarborough26.9 mi away

4%33

Standish8.4 mi away

3%23

Auburn24.4 mi away

2%22

Fryeburg17.7 mi away

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%426

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

How far

How far Sebago commutes

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

14%

48%

28%

11%

14%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sebago is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sebago are

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

Jobs based in Sebago

192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Sebago residents hold

883 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+15%

Jobs based in Sebago, 2013 → 2023: 167 → 192. 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.