Work & commute · Topsham

Work & commute in Topsham, ME

Most working residents leave Topsham for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Brunswick (16%), Portland (12%) and Bath (8%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

577 of 4,331 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,754 Topsham residents head out of town to work, 577 work right here, and 3,097 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Topsham.

3,754live here, work elsewhere

577live and work here

3,097work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Topsham goes to work

Brunswick4.8 mi away

16%708

Topsham (in town)right here

13%577

Portland25.6 mi away

12%525

Bath5.8 mi away

8%360

Augusta27.8 mi away

5%198

Freeport10.6 mi away

5%196

Lewiston13.8 mi away

3%144

South Portland28.3 mi away

3%140

Westbrook26.6 mi away

3%113

Auburn16.8 mi away

2%105

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%1,265

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

How far

How far Topsham commutes

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

42%

25%

42%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Topsham is balanced between jobs and homes

0.85jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.85 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Topsham are

3,674 jobs are based in Topsham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Topsham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Topsham

3,674 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Topsham residents hold

4,331 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+12%

Jobs based in Topsham, 2013 → 2023: 3,294 → 3,674. 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.