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Jobs & commute in Lisbon Falls

With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Lisbon Falls works elsewhere

Home is the office for 7% of workers, next to 16% for Maine as a whole. 901 jobs are based in Lisbon Falls for 1,865 working residents. Only 8% work in Lisbon Falls itself; outside it, Lewiston draws the most (13%, 8 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

901 jobs based here
Household income
$72K
median · Maine $75K
Poverty
5.9%
Maine 10.7%
Unemployment
3.1%
Maine 3.8% · U.S. 5.2%
Time each way
29 min
Maine 25 · U.S. 26
Work in town
8%
146 of 1,865 working residents
Work from home
7%
Maine 16% · U.S. 15%
Day and night

The daily flow of workers through Lisbon Falls

On a workday 1,719 residents head out to work, 146 work right here, and 755 people come in from elsewhere.

1,719live here, work elsewhere
146live and work here
755work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night4,300
Workday3,300
4,300live here− 1,700head out to work+ 760come in to work= 3,300on a workday

About 3,300 people are in Lisbon Falls on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.48jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Lisbon Falls: the destinations

Bath: 121 residents work here (6%)South Portland: 52 residents work here (3%)Portland: 115 residents work here (6%)Lewiston: 242 residents work here (13%)Augusta: 86 residents work here (5%)Auburn: 126 residents work here (7%)BowdoinhamBowdoinSabattusLisbon: 182 residents work here (10%)DurhamTopsham: 108 residents work here (6%)Brunswick: 171 residents work here (9%)Freeport: 89 residents work here (5%)Lisbon FallsLewistonLisbonBrunswickAuburnBathPortlandLisbon Falls
1
Lewiston8 mi away
13%242
2
Lisbon1.3 mi away
10%182
3
Brunswick8.8 mi away
9%171
4
Auburn10.9 mi away
7%126
5
Bath11.7 mi away
6%121
6
Portland26.7 mi away
6%115
7
Topsham5.9 mi away
6%108
8
Freeport11.4 mi away
5%89
9
Augusta27.7 mi away
5%86
10
South Portland28.4 mi away
3%52
Everywhere elseother towns and states
31%573
The top trips

Where Lisbon Falls clocks in

13% of workers
8 mi awayLewiston242 Lisbon Falls residents work here · Jobs & commute →
10% of workers
1.3 mi awayLisbon182 Lisbon Falls residents work here · Jobs & commute →
9% of workers
8.8 mi awayBrunswick171 Lisbon Falls residents work here · Jobs & commute →

Lines 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 jobs

The kinds of work in Lisbon Falls

Jobs based in Lisbon FallsJobs Lisbon Falls residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms13%19%
Trade, transport & utilities21%22%
Services: health, schools, offices66%59%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less19%13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%24%
Over $3,333 a month49%63%

Who does it

29 or younger26%23%
30 to 5447%52%
55 and older27%25%
+13%

Jobs based in Lisbon Falls, 2013 → 2023: 800 → 901. 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 Lisbon Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

A commute of about 29 minutes in Lisbon Falls

A year of commuting
225 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lisbon Falls29 min
Maine25 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Lisbon Falls workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How Lisbon Falls gets to work
81%Drive alone
17%Carpool
3%Walk

Share of the 2,046 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.

How far

The commute from Lisbon Falls, by distance

10 mi25 mi35 miLewiston: 13% · 8 miLisbon: 10% · 1.3 miBrunswick: 9% · 8.8 miAuburn: 7% · 10.9 miBath: 6% · 11.7 miPortland: 6% · 26.7 miTopsham: 6% · 5.9 miFreeport: 5% · 11.4 miAugusta: 5% · 27.7 miSouth Portland: 3% · 28.4 miLewiston 13%Lisbon 10%Brunswick 9%Auburn 7%Bath 6%Lisbon Falls
Lisbon FallsTop destinations (size = commuters)
34%Under 10 mi637 residents
37%10–24 mi687 residents
22%25–50 mi406 residents
7%Over 50 mi135 residents

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.

Next door

How Lisbon Falls compares with the towns next door

The biggest share goes to Topsham (6%).

Bowdoin: few work hereTopsham: 6% of workers work hereDurham: few work hereBowdoinTopshamDurhamLisbon Falls
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Topsham24 min
Durham28 min
Lisbon Falls29 min
Bowdoin32 min
Bowdoinunder 3% of Lisbon FallsTopsham6% of Lisbon Falls works hereDurhamunder 3% of Lisbon Falls

Jobs & commute next door

TownLisbon Falls workers thereJobs & incomeWalkabilityCommuteHousehold income
Lisbon Falls–——29 min$72,344
Bowdoinunder 3%B+D−32 min$91,239
Topsham6%B+B−24 min$91,028
Durhamunder 3%BD28 min$99,181

Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.

Darker towns draw more of Lisbon Falls’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Lisbon Falls: questions

What is the median household income in Lisbon Falls?

$72,344 (±$9,486) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Lisbon Falls?

5.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Lisbon Falls?

29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Lisbon Falls work?

8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewiston (13%, 8 mi), Lisbon (10%, 1 mi), Brunswick (9%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Lisbon Falls without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Lisbon Falls, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Lisbon Falls

Lisbon Falls home →
$328Ktypical home
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29min commute
HandbookGetting around Lisbon FallsRoads, buses, parking and the basics
shortest commutes
RankingsTop towns in MEShortest commutes, work from home & more

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.