Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainKittery Point has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
48% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Maine as a whole. 127 jobs are based in Kittery Point; 300 of its residents have a job. Only 3% work in Kittery Point itself; outside it, Kittery draws the most (20%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Kittery Point: the figures worth knowing
Home offices are common in Kittery Point
48% of Kittery Point workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Kittery Point workers cross into New Hampshire
29% of Kittery Point workers work outside Maine, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Portsmouth (13%), Dover (3%) and Newington (2%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
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; with 300 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How long Kittery Point spends getting to work: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kittery Point workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 313 commuters (the 48% 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.
Where Kittery Point goes to work
Where Kittery Point clocks in
20% of workers
13% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Kittery Point
On a workday 291 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 118 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Kittery Point on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kittery Point, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 127. 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 Kittery Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Kittery Point, by distance
About 19% 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.
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 Kittery Point: questions
What is the median household income in Kittery Point?
$141,086 (±$15,336) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kittery Point?
2.0%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kittery Point?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 48% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kittery Point work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Kittery (20%, 8 mi), Portsmouth (13%, 5 mi), York (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Kittery Point without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kittery Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kittery Point
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.