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Work & commute · Upton

Work & commute in Upton, ME

Most working residents leave Upton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Paris (10%), Newry (10%) and Bethel (10%). Half commute less than 40 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
5%
1 of 20 working residents
Typical commute
40 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19 Upton residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Upton.

19live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
9work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Upton goes to work

PortlandLewistonBangorBelfastSomersworthBerlinPittsfieldGileadGrayScarboroughParisAndoverNewryBethelUptonMiltonNew BostonErrolGreenfieldParisNewryBethelPortlandLewistonBelfastSomersworthPittsfieldGrayScarboroughUpton
1
Paris41.1 mi away
10%2
2
Newry15.7 mi away
10%2
3
Bethel22.8 mi away
10%2
4
Portland85.4 mi away
5%1
5
Lewiston59.6 mi away
5%1
6
Belfast98.6 mi away
5%1
7
Somersworth, NH102 mi away
5%1
8
Pittsfield76.1 mi away
5%1
9
Gray64.5 mi away
5%1
10
Scarborough86.2 mi away
5%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%7

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

How far

How far Upton commutes

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

5%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
50%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Upton is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Upton are

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

Jobs based in Upton

10 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities10%
Services (health, schools, offices…)80%
$1,250 a month or less80%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month0%

Jobs Upton residents hold

20 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)30%
Trade, transport & utilities15%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month55%
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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