Work & commute · Waterboro

Work & commute in Waterboro, ME

Most working residents leave Waterboro for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (12%), South Portland (7%) and Scarborough (6%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

345 of 4,154 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,809 Waterboro residents head out of town to work, 345 work right here, and 1,119 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterboro.

3,809live here, work elsewhere

345live and work here

1,119work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterboro goes to work

Portland27.2 mi away

12%506

Waterboro (in town)right here

8%345

South Portland22.2 mi away

7%284

Scarborough19.8 mi away

6%264

Biddeford20.2 mi away

6%261

Sanford12.4 mi away

6%234

Westbrook20.1 mi away

5%216

Saco16.3 mi away

4%186

North Berwick17.5 mi away

3%124

Kennebunk17.8 mi away

3%119

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%1,615

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

How far

How far Waterboro commutes

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

16%

62%

13%

16%Under 10 mi

62%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterboro is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterboro are

1,464 jobs are based in Waterboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waterboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waterboro

1,464 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Waterboro residents hold

4,154 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+15%

Jobs based in Waterboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,271 → 1,464. 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.