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Work & commute · Wayne

Work & commute in Wayne, ME

Most working residents leave Wayne for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Augusta (19%), Winthrop (9%) and Lewiston (6%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
19 of 491 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
26%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 472 Wayne residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wayne.

472live here, work elsewhere
19live and work here
75work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Wayne goes to work

DanburySouth PortlandPortlandLewistonAugustaAuburnLeedsWayneViennaLivermore FallsReadfieldFayetteMonmouthTurnerJayChelseaWinthropAugustaWinthropLewistonReadfieldPortlandAuburnChelseaFayetteSouth PortlandWayne
1
Augusta16.5 mi away
19%91
2
Winthrop5.6 mi away
9%42
3
Lewiston18.2 mi away
6%28
4
Readfield6.4 mi away
4%22
5
Portland49.3 mi away
4%19
6
Auburn19.9 mi away
4%19
7
Wayne (in town)right here
4%19
8
Chelsea17.5 mi away
3%17
9
Fayette6.4 mi away
3%16
10
South Portland50.2 mi away
3%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%205

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

How far

How far Wayne commutes

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

25%Under 10 mi
46%10–24 mi
15%25–50 mi
14%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Wayne is a commuter town

0.19jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wayne are

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

Jobs based in Wayne

94 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities27%
Services (health, schools, offices…)48%
$1,250 a month or less23%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Wayne residents hold

491 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)66%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month64%
−54%

Jobs based in Wayne, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 94. 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.

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