Work & commute · Standish

Work & commute in Standish, ME

Most working residents leave Standish for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (22%), Westbrook (9%) and South Portland (8%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

413 of 5,096 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 4,683 Standish residents head out of town to work, 413 work right here, and 1,472 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Standish.

4,683live here, work elsewhere

413live and work here

1,472work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Standish goes to work

Portland22.1 mi away

22%1,107

Westbrook12.4 mi away

9%438

Standish (in town)right here

8%413

South Portland17.8 mi away

8%411

Scarborough18.8 mi away

7%352

Gorham7.8 mi away

6%325

Windham8.9 mi away

4%202

Buxton9.9 mi away

3%151

Biddeford25.1 mi away

2%119

Lewiston29.8 mi away

2%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,470

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

How far

How far Standish commutes

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

18%

65%

18%Under 10 mi

65%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Standish is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Standish are

1,885 jobs are based in Standish. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Standish’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Standish

1,885 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Standish residents hold

5,096 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+9%

Jobs based in Standish, 2013 → 2023: 1,733 → 1,885. 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.