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Work & commute · Temple

Work & commute in Temple, ME

Most working residents leave Temple for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (14%), Augusta (6%) and Strong (6%). Half commute less than 26 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
1%
2 of 214 working residents
Typical commute
26 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
34 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 212 Temple residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Temple.

212live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
82work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Temple goes to work

PortlandLewistonCalaisAugustaAuburnWindhamWiltonRangeleyIndustryStrongNew VineyardPhillipsAvonFarmingtonRumfordTempleFarmingtonAugustaStrongPortlandRangeleyWiltonAuburnNew VineyardLewistonWindhamTemple
1
Farmington6.3 mi away
14%31
2
Augusta36.2 mi away
6%13
3
Strong6.8 mi away
6%13
4
Portland73.6 mi away
5%11
5
Rangeley29.3 mi away
4%9
6
Wilton4.9 mi away
4%8
7
Auburn42.3 mi away
3%7
8
New Vineyard10.9 mi away
3%6
9
Lewiston42.2 mi away
2%5
10
Windham62.7 mi away
2%5
Everywhere elseother towns and states
50%106

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

How far

How far Temple commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
18%10–24 mi
29%25–50 mi
24%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Temple 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 Temple are

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

Jobs based in Temple

84 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)27%
Trade, transport & utilities0%
Services (health, schools, offices…)73%
$1,250 a month or less27%
$1,251–$3,333 a month46%
Over $3,333 a month26%

Jobs Temple residents hold

214 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)18%
Trade, transport & utilities24%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month35%
Over $3,333 a month47%
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.

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