Work & commute · Waldoboro

Work & commute in Waldoboro, ME

Most working residents leave Waldoboro for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Rockland (9%), Damariscotta (6%) and Warren (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

284 of 2,054 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,770 Waldoboro residents head out of town to work, 284 work right here, and 804 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waldoboro.

1,770live here, work elsewhere

284live and work here

804work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waldoboro goes to work

Waldoboro (in town)right here

14%284

Rockland12.5 mi away

9%179

Damariscotta8.7 mi away

6%131

Warren6.9 mi away

6%127

Augusta22.8 mi away

5%105

Portland52.3 mi away

5%101

Rockport14.8 mi away

5%96

Thomaston10.6 mi away

3%67

Bath26.5 mi away

3%60

Camden17.3 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%853

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

How far

How far Waldoboro commutes

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

30%

36%

14%

20%

30%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waldoboro is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waldoboro are

1,088 jobs are based in Waldoboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waldoboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waldoboro

1,088 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month37%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Waldoboro residents hold

2,054 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+9%

Jobs based in Waldoboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,001 → 1,088. 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.