Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainYork Harbor draws 2,604 commuters a day, with 2.6 jobs for every working resident
30% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Maine as a whole. 2,817 jobs are based in York Harbor for 1,077 working residents. About one in five work in York Harbor itself; outside it, York draws the most (27%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: York Harbor in brief
York Harbor is where the jobs are
York Harbor has 2,817 jobs, 2.6 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 6,000 people are in town, 41% more than the 4,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in York Harbor
30% of York Harbor workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Time on the road ↓
York Harbor’s workforce skews older
41% of York Harbor’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The daily commute in and out of York Harbor
On a workday 864 residents head out to work and 213 work right here.
About 6,000 people are in York Harbor on a workday afternoon, 41% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from York Harbor: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of York Harbor workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,175 commuters (the 30% 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.
66% of the jobs in York Harbor pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in York Harbor, 2014 → 2024: 2,821 → 2,817. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs York Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the people who work in York Harbor live
Where York Harbor clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
How far York Harbor goes to work
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
York Harbor and its neighbors
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | York Harbor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| York Harbor | – | — | — | 24 min | $100,625 |
| Cape Neddick | under 2% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Cape Neddick: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of York Harbor’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 2024, 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 York Harbor: questions
What is the median household income in York Harbor?
$100,625 (±$40,707) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in York Harbor?
5.3%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from York Harbor?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in York Harbor work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are York (27%, 3 mi), Portsmouth (9%, 9 mi), Kittery (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around York Harbor 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 York Harbor, from the people who make the trip.
More of York Harbor
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.