Work & commute · South Berwick

Work & commute in South Berwick, ME

Most working residents leave South Berwick for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Portsmouth (11%), Dover (7%) and York (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

386 of 3,418 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 3,032 South Berwick residents head out of town to work, 386 work right here, and 813 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Berwick.

3,032live here, work elsewhere

386live and work here

813work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where South Berwick goes to work

South Berwick (in town)right here

11%386

Portsmouth, NH11.8 mi away

11%384

Dover, NH7.3 mi away

7%238

York9.3 mi away

7%227

Kittery17.3 mi away

5%182

Eliot5.8 mi away

4%146

Portland39.8 mi away

4%127

North Berwick8.5 mi away

3%111

Somersworth, NH7 mi away

3%102

Berwick6.6 mi away

3%92

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,423

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

How far

How far South Berwick commutes

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

45%

29%

16%

10%

45%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

South Berwick is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Berwick are

1,199 jobs are based in South Berwick. Here is what they are, next to the jobs South Berwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in South Berwick

1,199 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs South Berwick residents hold

3,418 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+18%

Jobs based in South Berwick, 2013 → 2023: 1,020 → 1,199. 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.