Work & commute · Weld

Work & commute in Weld, ME

Most working residents leave Weld for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Farmington (6%), Rumford (6%) and Portland (5%). Half commute less than 27 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 192 working residents

Typical commute

27 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 188 Weld residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Weld.

188live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Weld goes to work

Farmington15.1 mi away

6%12

Rumford12.4 mi away

6%12

Portland74 mi away

5%10

Auburn42.8 mi away

5%9

Rangeley23.7 mi away

5%9

Phillips11.4 mi away

5%9

Wilton10.7 mi away

4%7

Dixfield11 mi away

3%6

Jay16.9 mi away

3%6

Waterville40 mi away

3%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%107

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

How far

How far Weld commutes

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

41%

26%

7%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Weld is a commuter town

0.10jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Weld are

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

Jobs based in Weld

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less45%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month25%

Jobs Weld residents hold

192 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+82%

Jobs based in Weld, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 20. 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.