Work & commute · Maine

Work & commute in Maine, NY

Most working residents leave Maine for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Union (25%), Binghamton (14%) and Vestal (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 2,099 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 2,001 Maine residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 706 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Maine.

2,001live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

706work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Maine goes to work

Union4.9 mi away

25%532

Binghamton8.5 mi away

14%296

Vestal10.1 mi away

7%157

Dickinson7.1 mi away

6%124

Maine (in town)right here

5%98

Owego11.9 mi away

4%80

New York151 mi away

3%68

Chenango6 mi away

2%44

Kirkwood13.3 mi away

2%36

Syracuse58.7 mi away

2%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%631

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

How far

How far Maine commutes

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

54%

17%

22%

54%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

22%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Maine is a commuter town

0.38jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Maine are

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

Jobs based in Maine

804 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities41%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month39%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Maine residents hold

2,099 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+28%

Jobs based in Maine, 2013 → 2023: 626 → 804. 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.