Work & commute · Turner

Work & commute in Turner, ME

Most working residents leave Turner for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Lewiston (21%), Auburn (17%) and Portland (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

347 of 2,767 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,420 Turner residents head out of town to work, 347 work right here, and 1,169 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Turner.

2,420live here, work elsewhere

347live and work here

1,169work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Turner goes to work

Lewiston12.8 mi away

21%585

Auburn12.6 mi away

17%473

Turner (in town)right here

13%347

Portland43.9 mi away

7%180

Augusta25.8 mi away

4%112

South Portland44 mi away

3%70

Westbrook39 mi away

1%40

Bangor81.6 mi away

1%40

Greene7.3 mi away

1%33

Freeport30.1 mi away

1%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%854

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

How far

How far Turner commutes

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

26%

41%

24%

26%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Turner is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Turner are

1,516 jobs are based in Turner. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Turner’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Turner

1,516 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities28%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month46%

Jobs Turner residents hold

2,767 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+8%

Jobs based in Turner, 2013 → 2023: 1,410 → 1,516. 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.