Lewiston

City Commute Profile

Lewiston, ME

Where Lewiston’s 17,171 resident workers go each day — 33.9% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Auburn.

MaineLODES 2023 data
70
Commute Score

70 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Lewiston at a glance
Employed Residents
17,171
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
20.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
33.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
12.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Auburn
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Lewiston proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Lewiston commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Lewiston

17,171 commutes, one dot at a time

Lewiston

Where 17,171 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Lewiston, by worker count.

1Lewiston0.0 mi5,828
2Auburn2.6 mi2,919
3Portland29.7 mi1,200
4Augusta26.4 mi561
5South Portland32.3 mi496
6Bath22.3 mi340
7Westbrook29.5 mi258
8Bangor85.5 mi253

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Lewiston.

1Lewiston0.0 mi5,828
2Auburn2.6 mi2,657
3Portland29.7 mi459
4Lisbon6.4 mi286
5Lisbon Falls9.3 mi254
6Augusta26.4 mi240
7Brunswick17.7 mi230
8Mechanic Falls9.9 mi189

Top industries

The sectors that employ Lewiston’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance27.3%
EDEducational Services8.7%
MFManufacturing7.9%
RTRetail Trade7.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.8%
TRTransportation and Warehousing5.7%
FIFinance and Insurance5.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.3%

Lewiston city profile

Who lives in Lewiston — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
38,324
Median age
37.3yrs
Median household income
$55,393
Median home value
$235,100
Median gross rent
$986/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
22.6%
Poverty rate
20.0%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Connectivity

Internet options for Lewiston

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Lewiston

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).