Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Arundel commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Arundel report 1,125 jobs, and 2,105 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Arundel are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 7% of workers, next to 16% for Maine as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Arundel: the figures worth knowing
The quickest commute around
Arundel’s 23-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 27 to 34 minutes. Next door ↓
Arundel has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Arundel went from 793 in 2013 to 1,125 in 2023, +42%. The jobs ↓
Arundel makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Arundel are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Arundel residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How Arundel earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Arundel is better than 82% of U.S. towns, #12 of 143 in Maine. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Arundel’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Arundel could be anywhere from B to A+.
In Arundel, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Arundel, 2013 → 2023: 793 → 1,125. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arundel’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Arundel
On a workday 1,918 residents head out to work, 187 work right here, and 938 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,600 people are in Arundel on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Portland
Where Arundel clocks in
13% of workers
12% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
About 23 minutes to work from Arundel
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Arundel workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,372 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Arundel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Arundel gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Arundel is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns, #91 of 143 in Maine. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Maine.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,550 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.0% of Arundel households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Arundel’s commuters take a bus or train.
Arundel places 732nd of 3,938 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 342 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
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| 730 | Fairport NY | 5,326 | $107K | 12.6% | 1.8% | 7% | A− |
| 731 | Morgan Township IN | 4,036 | $113K | 1.6% | 4.1% | 3% | A− |
| 732 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| 733 | Springfield Township NJ | 3,315 | $146K | 6.5% | 5.2% | 5% | A− |
| 734 | Suffield Township OH | 6,016 | $81K | 4.8% | 3.1% | 3% | A− |
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| 763 | Hollis ME | 5,003 | $96K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
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| 770 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
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| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Arundel, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Arundel and its neighbors: 15% work next door
The biggest share goes to Kennebunk (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Arundel workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arundel | – | A− | C | 23 min | $101,597 |
| Kennebunk | 12% | B+ | B+ | 27 min | $107,804 |
| Kennebunkport | 3% | A− | B− | 34 min | $102,747 |
| Lyman | under 3% | B | C | 33 min | $87,284 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Arundel’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Arundel: questions
What is the median household income in Arundel?
$101,597 (±$16,842) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Arundel?
5.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Arundel?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Arundel work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (13%, 22 mi), Kennebunk (12%, 5 mi), Biddeford (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Arundel walkable?
Arundel is more walkable than 29% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Arundel without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Arundel, from the people who make the trip.
More of Arundel
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.