Photo: Noah Salzman · CC BY-SA 4.0At 1.5%, unemployment in Casco is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
Home is the office for 27% of workers; Maine has 16%. The two grades for Casco are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in ten stay in Casco for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (15%, 27 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Casco apart
A lot of Casco works from home
27% of Casco workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Time on the road ↓
Casco’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Casco is Portland, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 15% of working residents (262) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Casco makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Casco are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Casco residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. The jobs ↓
Casco workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 38 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.
How Casco earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Casco is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #71 of 143 in Maine. Unemployment holds Casco’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Casco could be anywhere from C to A−.
About 30 minutes to work from Casco
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Casco workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,540 commuters (the 27% 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.
How far Casco goes 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 place that makes things: 37% of Casco’s jobs are in goods
666 jobs are based in Casco.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Casco, 2013 → 2023: 593 → 666. 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 Casco’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Casco, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,621 residents head out to work, 146 work right here, and 520 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Casco on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.38 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Casco goes to work
Where Casco clocks in
15% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
Driving is how Casco gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Casco is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns, #103 of 143 in Maine. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 4.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,099 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 0.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 55% 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). 1.4% of Casco households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Casco’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Casco is 2,029th among 4,430 U.S. towns of 2,600 to 5,100
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 356 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 761 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 800 | Hollis ME | 5,003 | $96K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,027 | Linden MI | 4,186 | $79K | 4.4% | 9.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,028 | Montoursville PA | 4,635 | $60K | 9.8% | 2.7% | 9% | B− |
| 2,029 | Casco ME | 3,779 | $69K | 11.0% | 1.5% | 8% | B− |
| 2,030 | Holualoa HI | 3,434 | $116K | 6.2% | 5.0% | 1% | B− |
| 2,031 | Prince Frederick MD | 2,955 | $80K | 11.0% | 2.2% | 16% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,430 | 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 Casco, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Casco and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Naples (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Casco workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Casco | – | B− | C− | 30 min | $69,313 |
| Naples | 6% | B | C− | 38 min | $78,188 |
| Raymond | 3% | B+ | B | 37 min | $88,194 |
| Poland | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $85,557 |
| Otisfield | under 3% | C+ | C− | 33 min | $84,271 |
| Sebago | under 3% | C− | D | 37 min | $78,438 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Casco’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 Casco: questions
What is the median household income in Casco?
$69,313 (±$19,177) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Casco?
11.0%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Casco?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Casco work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (15%, 27 mi), Windham (7%, 12 mi), Westbrook (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Casco walkable?
Casco is more walkable than 23% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Casco 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 Casco, from the people who make the trip.
More of Casco
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.