Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Carthage commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Carthage has 17 jobs, against 223 working residents. Hardly any work in Carthage itself; outside it, Rangeley draws the most (8%, 30 miles). At 25 minutes each way, commutes from Carthage run about the Maine average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Carthage in brief
Carthage is a place people come home to
There are 17 jobs based in Carthage, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Carthage has about 300 people in it, 40% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Carthage’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Carthage is Rangeley, 30 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (18) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 223 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Carthage by day
On a workday 223 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Carthage on a workday afternoon, 40% 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.
How far Carthage goes to work
About 28% 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.
Where Carthage’s working residents head each day
Where Carthage clocks in
8% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Carthage works in goods: 59% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Carthage, 2013 → 2023: 11 → 17. 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 Carthage’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Carthage
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Carthage workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 398 commuters (the 10% 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.
Next door to Carthage
The biggest share goes to Dixfield (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Carthage workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carthage | – | — | — | 25 min | $79,107 |
| Dixfield | 5% | C | D | 25 min | $70,613 |
| Mexico | under 3% | C− | A− | 24 min | $55,727 |
| Weld | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Weld: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Carthage’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 Carthage: questions
What is the median household income in Carthage?
$79,107 (±$17,968) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Carthage?
3.6%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Carthage?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Carthage work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rangeley (8%, 30 mi), Farmington (6%, 14 mi), Dixfield (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Carthage without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Carthage, from the people who make the trip.
More of Carthage
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.