Work & commute · West Gardiner

Work & commute in West Gardiner, ME

Most working residents leave West Gardiner for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Augusta (25%), Gardiner (9%) and Bath (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

113 of 1,703 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,590 West Gardiner residents head out of town to work, 113 work right here, and 382 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Gardiner.

1,590live here, work elsewhere

113live and work here

382work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Gardiner goes to work

Augusta10.3 mi away

25%428

Gardiner4.5 mi away

9%160

West Gardiner (in town)right here

7%113

Bath20.2 mi away

4%72

Lewiston17.4 mi away

4%71

Chelsea7.8 mi away

4%60

Brunswick23.2 mi away

3%57

Waterville24.6 mi away

3%55

Portland43.7 mi away

3%50

Hallowell5.2 mi away

3%44

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%593

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

How far

How far West Gardiner commutes

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

48%

28%

17%

48%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Gardiner is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Gardiner are

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

Jobs based in West Gardiner

495 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)54%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs West Gardiner residents hold

1,703 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+97%

Jobs based in West Gardiner, 2013 → 2023: 251 → 495. 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.