Valley Lodge · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Baldwin has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
125 jobs are based in Baldwin for 708 working residents. The two grades for Baldwin are C for jobs and income and D− for walkability. Only 3% stay in Baldwin for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (14%, 31 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Baldwin at work: what stands out
Baldwin is a place people come home to
There are 125 jobs based in Baldwin, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Baldwin has about 1,100 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Baldwin’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Baldwin is Portland, 31 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (102) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Baldwin workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 708 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Baldwin’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Baldwin is better than 33% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Baldwin’s grade up (6.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.5%) is left out: Baldwin’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Baldwin could be anywhere from C− to B−.
A workday in Baldwin: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 686 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 103 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Baldwin on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
The distance from Baldwin to work
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.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Baldwin
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Baldwin workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 541 commuters (the 9% 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 Baldwin goes to work
Where Baldwin clocks in
14% of workers
7% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 54% of the jobs in Baldwin
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Baldwin, 2013 → 2023: 103 → 125. 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 Baldwin’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In Baldwin, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Baldwin is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Baldwin near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 593 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.4% of Baldwin households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Baldwin’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Baldwin is 3,023rd of 5,381 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 245 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 499 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 544 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,021 | Cynthian Township OH | 2,008 | $65K | 24.4% | 3.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,022 | Graham Township PA | 1,308 | $78K | 11.8% | 2.6% | 3% | C |
| 3,023 | Baldwin ME | 1,660 | $68K | 6.4% | 5.5% | 3% | C |
| 3,024 | Boardman Township MI | 1,537 | $84K | 10.7% | 4.7% | 2% | C |
| 3,025 | Morris NY | 1,720 | $76K | 11.0% | 4.6% | 7% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,381 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Baldwin, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
11% of Baldwin works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Sebago (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Baldwin workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin | – | C | D− | 32 min | $68,045 |
| Limington | under 3% | A− | D | 35 min | $84,675 |
| Sebago | 5% | C− | D | 37 min | $78,438 |
| Hiram | under 3% | D | D− | 31 min | $62,813 |
| Cornish | 3% | C+ | B+ | 31 min | $69,038 |
| Steep Falls | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Standish | 3% | A− | B− | 29 min | $104,593 |
Same-state neighbors only. Steep Falls: 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 Baldwin’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 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 Baldwin: questions
What is the median household income in Baldwin?
$68,045 (±$8,335) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Baldwin?
6.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Baldwin?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Baldwin work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (14%, 31 mi), Scarborough (7%, 28 mi), Gorham (7%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Baldwin walkable?
Baldwin is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Baldwin without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Baldwin, from the people who make the trip.
More of Baldwin
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.