Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Byron works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Byron; the top destination outside it is Rumford (20%, 10 miles). Byron has 12 jobs for 46 working residents. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Maine.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Byron
On a workday 46 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 12 people come in from elsewhere.
About 70 people are in Byron on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Commuting out of Byron: the destinations
Where Byron clocks in
20% of workers
9% 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.
Goods jobs make up 67% of work in Byron
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Byron, 2013 → 2023: 6 → 12. 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 Byron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 43 minutes each way, longer than most of Maine
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Byron workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 47 commuters (the 4% 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 Byron
About 24% 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.
Byron and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Byron workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byron | – | — | — | 43 min | $90,417 |
| Roxbury | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Roxbury: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Byron’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 Byron: questions
What is the median household income in Byron?
$90,417 (±$53,141) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Byron?
14.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Byron?
43 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Byron work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rumford (20%, 10 mi), Mexico (11%, 13 mi), Dixfield (9%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Byron without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Byron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Byron
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.