Work & commute · Woolwich

Work & commute in Woolwich, ME

Most working residents leave Woolwich for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Bath (22%), Brunswick (9%) and Portland (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 1,185 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,083 Woolwich residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 490 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woolwich.

1,083live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

490work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woolwich goes to work

Bath4.3 mi away

22%256

Brunswick11.1 mi away

9%111

Woolwich (in town)right here

9%102

Portland30.6 mi away

7%79

Freeport17.8 mi away

4%53

Georgetown17.4 mi away

3%33

Wiscasset5.5 mi away

3%32

Augusta26 mi away

2%26

Topsham9.3 mi away

2%25

Lewiston21.9 mi away

2%23

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%445

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

How far

How far Woolwich commutes

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

45%

25%

22%

45%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woolwich is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Woolwich are

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

Jobs based in Woolwich

592 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)40%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Woolwich residents hold

1,185 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+18%

Jobs based in Woolwich, 2013 → 2023: 502 → 592. 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.