Portland

City Commute Profile

Portland, ME

Where Portland’s 34,763 resident workers go each day — 47.8% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is South Portland.

MaineLODES 2023 data
75
Commute Score

75 / 100

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

Portland at a glance
Employed Residents
34,763
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
4.5mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
47.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
24.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
South Portland
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Portland 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 Portland 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.

Portland

34,763 commutes, one dot at a time

Portland

Where 34,763 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Portland0.0 mi16,614
2South Portland2.6 mi3,286
3Westbrook4.5 mi2,342
4Biddeford16.1 mi644
5Saco13.6 mi622
6Oak Hill6.0 mi483
7Lewiston29.7 mi459
8Augusta51.6 mi446

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Portland.

1Portland0.0 mi16,614
2South Portland2.6 mi5,035
3Westbrook4.5 mi3,456
4Saco13.6 mi2,219
5Biddeford16.1 mi2,028
6Lewiston29.7 mi1,200
7Brunswick22.8 mi940
8Gorham8.5 mi901

Top industries

The sectors that employ Portland’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 Assistance23.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services11.3%
FIFinance and Insurance9.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.5%
RTRetail Trade6.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.5%
EDEducational Services4.3%
MFManufacturing4.0%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises3.9%

Portland city profile

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

Population
68,854
Median age
37.8yrs
Median household income
$79,540
Median home value
$489,600
Median gross rent
$1,577/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
59.7%
Poverty rate
11.2%

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 Portland

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

9 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 Portland

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).