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Work & commute · West Bath

Work & commute in West Bath, ME

Most working residents leave West Bath for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Bath (24%), Brunswick (12%) and Portland (11%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
4%
36 of 826 working residents
Typical commute
10 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 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 790 West Bath residents head out of town to work, 36 work right here, and 347 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Bath.

790live here, work elsewhere
36live and work here
347work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where West Bath goes to work

BathWatervillePortlandLewistonAugustaWest BathScarboroughGeorgetownPhippsburgWoolwichWiscassetTopshamBrunswickFreeportHarpswellBathBrunswickPortlandTopshamLewistonFreeportAugustaScarboroughPhippsburgWest Bath
1
Bath4.2 mi away
24%198
2
Brunswick6 mi away
12%96
3
Portland23.2 mi away
11%89
4
Topsham8 mi away
5%39
5
West Bath (in town)right here
4%36
6
Lewiston21.6 mi away
3%28
7
Freeport11.7 mi away
3%24
8
Augusta32.6 mi away
2%17
9
Scarborough31.6 mi away
2%17
10
Phippsburg9.2 mi away
2%17
Everywhere elseother towns and states
32%265

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

How far

How far West Bath commutes

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

49%Under 10 mi
19%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

West Bath is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Bath are

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

Jobs based in West Bath

383 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)37%
Trade, transport & utilities23%
Services (health, schools, offices…)40%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month29%
Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs West Bath residents hold

826 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)57%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month65%
+35%

Jobs based in West Bath, 2013 → 2023: 284 → 383. 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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