Work & commute · Winslow

Work & commute in Winslow, ME

Most working residents leave Winslow for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Waterville (24%), Augusta (16%) and Fairfield (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

437 of 3,655 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,218 Winslow residents head out of town to work, 437 work right here, and 2,174 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winslow.

3,218live here, work elsewhere

437live and work here

2,174work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winslow goes to work

Waterville4.4 mi away

24%872

Augusta15.2 mi away

16%569

Winslow (in town)right here

12%437

Fairfield9.8 mi away

4%131

Oakland8.6 mi away

4%128

Portland68.5 mi away

3%104

Skowhegan17.1 mi away

3%96

Bangor44.1 mi away

2%81

Bath43 mi away

2%69

Chelsea19.3 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,109

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

How far

How far Winslow commutes

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

45%

26%

15%

14%

45%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winslow is a commuter town

0.71jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winslow are

2,611 jobs are based in Winslow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winslow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winslow

2,611 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Winslow residents hold

3,655 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+29%

Jobs based in Winslow, 2013 → 2023: 2,018 → 2,611. 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.