Work & commute · Somerville

Work & commute in Somerville, ME

Most working residents leave Somerville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Augusta (19%), Bath (6%) and Jefferson (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 254 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 252 Somerville residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 15 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Somerville.

252live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

15work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Somerville goes to work

Augusta12.7 mi away

19%48

Bath30.5 mi away

6%16

Jefferson8.3 mi away

6%16

Whitefield9.1 mi away

6%15

Portland57.1 mi away

5%12

Chelsea12.2 mi away

4%10

Damariscotta18.4 mi away

4%9

Rockland21 mi away

3%7

Gardiner16.6 mi away

2%5

Lewiston36.7 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%111

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

How far

How far Somerville commutes

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

15%

45%

22%

18%

15%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Somerville is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Somerville are

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

Jobs based in Somerville

17 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)47%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month29%

Jobs Somerville residents hold

254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−75%

Jobs based in Somerville, 2013 → 2023: 69 → 17. 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.