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

Portland9.8 mi away

32%3,190

Westbrook (in town)right here

16%1,663

South Portland6.2 mi away

11%1,128

Scarborough9.5 mi away

7%743

Falmouth4.4 mi away

3%305

Gorham5.5 mi away

3%283

Biddeford18.7 mi away

2%249

Windham6.5 mi away

2%230

Saco12.9 mi away

2%210

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%

11%

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.