Work & commute · Westbrook

Work & commute in Westbrook, ME

Most working residents leave Westbrook for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (32%), South Portland (11%) and Scarborough (7%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
16%
1,663 of 10,088 working residents
Typical commute
5 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
19 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
18%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,425 Westbrook residents head out of town to work, 1,663 work right here, and 15,011 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westbrook.

8,425live here, work elsewhere
1,663live and work here
15,011work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Westbrook goes to work

South PortlandWestbrookPortlandSacoBiddefordScarboroughWindhamFalmouthBuxtonGorhamStandishYarmouthPortlandSouth PortlandScarboroughFalmouthGorhamBiddefordWindhamSacoYarmouthWestbrook
1
Portland9.8 mi away
32%3,190
2
Westbrook (in town)right here
16%1,663
3
South Portland6.2 mi away
11%1,128
4
Scarborough9.5 mi away
7%743
5
Falmouth4.4 mi away
3%305
6
Gorham5.5 mi away
3%283
7
Biddeford18.7 mi away
2%249
8
Windham6.5 mi away
2%230
9
Saco12.9 mi away
2%210
10
Yarmouth11.3 mi away
1%141
Everywhere elseother towns and states
19%1,946

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

How far

How far Westbrook commutes

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

75%Under 10 mi
11%10–24 mi
6%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Westbrook is a job hub

1.65jobs per working resident
A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westbrook are

16,674 jobs are based in Westbrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westbrook

16,674 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)23%
Trade, transport & utilities31%
Services (health, schools, offices…)47%
$1,250 a month or less9%
$1,251–$3,333 a month17%
Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Westbrook residents hold

10,088 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month21%
Over $3,333 a month66%
+38%

Jobs based in Westbrook, 2013 → 2023: 12,079 → 16,674. 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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