Work & commute · Sumner

Work & commute in Sumner, ME

Most working residents leave Sumner for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (12%), Rumford (8%) and Auburn (7%). Half commute less than 22 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

6 of 422 working residents

Typical commute

22 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 416 Sumner residents head out of town to work, 6 work right here, and 74 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sumner.

416live here, work elsewhere

6live and work here

74work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sumner goes to work

Lewiston24.4 mi away

12%50

Rumford15.1 mi away

8%34

Auburn22.7 mi away

7%31

Mexico12.1 mi away

5%20

Portland53.3 mi away

4%15

Bangor87.3 mi away

3%14

Peru5.5 mi away

3%14

Augusta35.4 mi away

3%13

South Portland52.4 mi away

2%9

Norway13.4 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%213

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

How far

How far Sumner commutes

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

48%

23%

21%

9%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

21%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sumner is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sumner are

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

Jobs based in Sumner

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month53%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Sumner residents hold

422 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−1%

Jobs based in Sumner, 2013 → 2023: 81 → 80. 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.