Bremen Town Hall, Former · Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Bremen has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% stay in Bremen for work; outside it, Bristol is the main destination (18%, 8 miles). 119 jobs are based in Bremen, and 257 of its residents work somewhere. For 23% of workers, the job is at home, where Maine as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bremen and work: the main findings
Who commutes out of Bremen, and who commutes in
On a workday 250 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 112 people come in from elsewhere.
About 700 people are in Bremen on a workday afternoon, 16% 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.
Out of Bremen to work: where people go
Where Bremen clocks in
18% of workers
16% of workers
8% 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.
Bremen makes things: 39% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bremen, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 119. 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 Bremen’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 22 minutes each way for Bremen’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bremen workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 303 commuters (the 23% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Bremen
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
37% of Bremen works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bremen workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bremen | – | — | — | 22 min | $100,000 |
| Waldoboro | 3% | B− | C− | 25 min | $69,107 |
| Damariscotta | 16% | C− | B | 23 min | $59,423 |
| Bristol | 18% | C+ | B | 18 min | $100,750 |
| Friendship | under 2% | C | C+ | 25 min | $75,625 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bristol. Darker towns draw more of Bremen’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 Bremen: questions
What is the median household income in Bremen?
$100,000 (±$20,601) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bremen?
9.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bremen?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bremen work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bristol (18%, 8 mi), Damariscotta (16%, 5 mi), Portland (8%, 46 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bremen without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bremen, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bremen
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.