Work & commute · Waterville

Work & commute in Waterville, ME

About one in 3 of Waterville’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Augusta (14%), Oakland (5%) and Winslow (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

2,076 of 6,400 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 4,324 Waterville residents head out of town to work, 2,076 work right here, and 9,711 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waterville.

4,324live here, work elsewhere

2,076live and work here

9,711work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waterville goes to work

Waterville (in town)right here

32%2,076

Augusta15 mi away

14%872

Oakland4.2 mi away

5%325

Winslow4.4 mi away

5%310

Portland68.2 mi away

3%220

Skowhegan15 mi away

3%167

Bangor47.2 mi away

2%158

Fairfield7.3 mi away

2%143

Lewiston40.4 mi away

2%121

South Portland70.3 mi away

2%110

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,898

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

How far

How far Waterville commutes

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

47%

22%

14%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waterville is a job hub

1.84jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.8 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Waterville are

11,787 jobs are based in Waterville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waterville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waterville

11,787 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Waterville residents hold

6,400 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+8%

Jobs based in Waterville, 2013 → 2023: 10,898 → 11,787. 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.