Work & commute · Smithfield

Work & commute in Smithfield, ME

Most working residents leave Smithfield for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Skowhegan (9%), Augusta (8%) and Waterville (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 471 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 460 Smithfield residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Smithfield.

460live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Smithfield goes to work

Skowhegan10.6 mi away

9%41

Augusta21.5 mi away

8%40

Waterville9.5 mi away

7%35

Oakland5.4 mi away

4%20

Farmington17 mi away

4%19

South Portland73.9 mi away

4%18

Madison12.8 mi away

3%16

Lewiston42.4 mi away

3%15

Portland72.3 mi away

2%11

Bangor51.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%245

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

How far

How far Smithfield commutes

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

19%

37%

14%

30%

19%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

30%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Smithfield is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Smithfield are

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

Jobs based in Smithfield

185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Smithfield residents hold

471 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+9%

Jobs based in Smithfield, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 185. 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.