Work & commute · Winthrop

Work & commute in Winthrop, ME

Most working residents leave Winthrop for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Augusta (24%), Lewiston (7%) and Auburn (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

361 of 2,771 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,410 Winthrop residents head out of town to work, 361 work right here, and 1,498 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winthrop.

2,410live here, work elsewhere

361live and work here

1,498work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winthrop goes to work

Augusta11.4 mi away

24%673

Winthrop (in town)right here

13%361

Lewiston18.4 mi away

7%200

Auburn21.1 mi away

5%129

Portland48.1 mi away

4%102

Waterville22 mi away

3%88

Gardiner11.5 mi away

3%75

Bath26.7 mi away

2%65

Monmouth5.9 mi away

2%61

Bangor68 mi away

2%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%960

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

How far

How far Winthrop commutes

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

39%

31%

18%

11%

39%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winthrop is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winthrop are

1,859 jobs are based in Winthrop. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winthrop’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winthrop

1,859 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Winthrop residents hold

2,771 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+14%

Jobs based in Winthrop, 2013 → 2023: 1,633 → 1,859. 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.