Work & commute · Shapleigh

Work & commute in Shapleigh, ME

Most working residents leave Shapleigh for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Sanford (15%), Portland (6%) and North Berwick (5%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

42 of 1,295 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,253 Shapleigh residents head out of town to work, 42 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shapleigh.

1,253live here, work elsewhere

42live and work here

199work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shapleigh goes to work

Sanford9.7 mi away

15%194

Portland32.9 mi away

6%82

North Berwick14.2 mi away

5%68

Biddeford23.4 mi away

5%60

Scarborough25 mi away

3%44

Shapleigh (in town)right here

3%42

Saco20.8 mi away

3%41

South Portland27.9 mi away

3%38

Acton5.5 mi away

3%36

Wells19.6 mi away

3%36

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%654

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

How far

How far Shapleigh commutes

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

22%

40%

28%

11%

22%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shapleigh is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shapleigh are

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

Jobs based in Shapleigh

241 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Shapleigh residents hold

1,295 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+81%

Jobs based in Shapleigh, 2013 → 2023: 133 → 241. 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.