Foster Farm Barn · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Belgrade commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Belgrade has 737 jobs, and 1,394 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Belgrade is better than 49% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (D). Only 7% work in Belgrade; the top destination outside it is Augusta (29%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Belgrade apart
Inside Belgrade’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Belgrade’s grade up (3.1%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (7.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Belgrade could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The towns that employ Belgrade’s residents
Where Belgrade clocks in
29% of workers
11% of workers
4% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Belgrade
On a workday 1,294 residents head out to work, 100 work right here, and 637 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Belgrade on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
66% of the jobs in Belgrade pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Belgrade, 2013 → 2023: 613 → 737. 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 Belgrade’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Belgrade: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Belgrade workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,091 commuters (the 20% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Belgrade
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Belgrade: mostly by car
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Maine.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,371 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.8% of Belgrade households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Belgrade’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Belgrade is 2,233rd among 4,355 U.S. towns of 2,500 to 4,800
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 350 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 735 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 780 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,231 | Fayetteville WV | 2,721 | $68K | 10.3% | 2.1% | 17% | B− |
| 2,232 | Reno Township KS | 4,360 | $60K | 12.4% | 1.6% | 10% | B− |
| 2,233 | Belgrade ME | 3,541 | $88K | 3.1% | 7.9% | 7% | B− |
| 2,234 | Montague Township NJ | 3,896 | $101K | 8.8% | 5.5% | 4% | B− |
| 2,235 | Terre du Lac MO | 2,516 | $86K | 6.4% | 4.8% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,355 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Belgrade, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Around Belgrade: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Oakland (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Belgrade workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgrade | – | B− | D | 23 min | $88,338 |
| Rome | under 3% | C+ | D | 30 min | $77,639 |
| Mount Vernon | under 3% | C+ | D | 32 min | $74,395 |
| Oakland | 4% | B | C− | 27 min | $77,813 |
| Sidney | under 3% | B− | D | 25 min | $83,488 |
| Smithfield | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Manchester | under 3% | B+ | C | 20 min | $92,031 |
| Readfield | under 3% | B− | B | 30 min | $86,504 |
Same-state neighbors only. Smithfield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Belgrade’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 Belgrade: questions
What is the median household income in Belgrade?
$88,338 (±$12,811) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Belgrade?
3.1%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Belgrade?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Belgrade work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (29%, 14 mi), Waterville (11%, 9 mi), Oakland (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Belgrade walkable?
Belgrade is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Belgrade without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Belgrade, from the people who make the trip.
More of Belgrade
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.