Work & commute · Sidney

Work & commute in Sidney, ME

Most working residents leave Sidney for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Augusta (30%), Waterville (12%) and Oakland (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 2,298 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,174 Sidney residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sidney.

2,174live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sidney goes to work

Augusta7.2 mi away

30%694

Waterville8.7 mi away

12%283

Sidney (in town)right here

5%124

Oakland9.8 mi away

4%86

Portland59.6 mi away

3%68

Chelsea11.9 mi away

3%63

Lewiston31.7 mi away

2%54

Skowhegan22.8 mi away

2%53

South Portland61.7 mi away

2%42

Bangor54.7 mi away

2%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%789

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

How far

How far Sidney commutes

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

41%

29%

13%

16%

41%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sidney is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sidney are

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

Jobs based in Sidney

466 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Sidney residents hold

2,298 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+69%

Jobs based in Sidney, 2013 → 2023: 276 → 466. 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.