Work & commute · Yarmouth

Work & commute in Yarmouth, ME

Most working residents leave Yarmouth for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Portland (29%), South Portland (6%) and Freeport (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

597 of 3,796 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,199 Yarmouth residents head out of town to work, 597 work right here, and 4,323 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Yarmouth.

3,199live here, work elsewhere

597live and work here

4,323work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Yarmouth goes to work

Portland10.7 mi away

29%1,084

Yarmouth (in town)right here

16%597

South Portland12.5 mi away

6%241

Freeport5.2 mi away

5%185

Westbrook11.3 mi away

4%160

Falmouth6.9 mi away

4%158

Scarborough17.3 mi away

4%150

Brunswick11.8 mi away

3%120

Lewiston21 mi away

3%97

Augusta43.3 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%942

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

How far

How far Yarmouth commutes

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

36%

48%

36%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Yarmouth is balanced between jobs and homes

1.30jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.30 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Yarmouth are

4,920 jobs are based in Yarmouth. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Yarmouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Yarmouth

4,920 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Yarmouth residents hold

3,796 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+55%

Jobs based in Yarmouth, 2013 → 2023: 3,180 → 4,920. 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.