Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainMost of Corinna commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
301 jobs are based in Corinna, and 918 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Corinna are D for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Corinna is behind 79% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Corinna apart on work
Corinna makes and builds things
56% of the jobs based in Corinna are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Corinna residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Corinna’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Corinna is Bangor, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 14% of working residents (133) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Corinna 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 918 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Corinna’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Corinna is better than 7% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Corinna’s grade.
Unemployment (6.1%) is left out: Corinna’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, Corinna could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Corinna works in goods: 56% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Corinna, 2013 → 2023: 227 → 301. 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 Corinna’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Corinna
About 18% 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.
Commuting from Corinna: about 32 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Corinna workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 758 commuters (the 13% 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.
In and out of Corinna on a workday
On a workday 854 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 237 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Corinna on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
14% of working residents work in Bangor
Where Corinna clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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.
The commute in Corinna is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Corinna is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 871 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). 1.9% of Corinna households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Corinna’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,328 U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,100, Corinna comes 4,792nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 287 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 598 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 655 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,790 | Ramseur NC | 1,806 | $36K | 47.7% | 6.3% | 2% | D |
| 4,791 | Tryon NC | 1,634 | $58K | 22.3% | 2.5% | 9% | D |
| 4,792 | Corinna ME | 2,261 | $57K | 17.7% | 6.1% | 7% | D |
| 4,793 | Malvern AL | 1,701 | $44K | 35.5% | 2.1% | 1% | D |
| 4,794 | Girard IL | 1,768 | $50K | 31.0% | 2.4% | 8% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,328 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Corinna, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
16% of Corinna works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Newport (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Corinna workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corinna | – | D | D | 32 min | $56,547 |
| Dexter | 5% | C− | B− | 23 min | $51,845 |
| Exeter | under 3% | C+ | C− | 35 min | $84,408 |
| St. Albans | under 3% | D | C+ | 33 min | $65,600 |
| Newport | 11% | C | C | 25 min | $60,365 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Corinna’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 Corinna: questions
What is the median household income in Corinna?
$56,547 (±$12,324) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Corinna?
17.7%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Corinna?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Corinna work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bangor (14%, 24 mi), Newport (11%, 6 mi), Pittsfield (5%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Corinna walkable?
Corinna is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Corinna without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Corinna, from the people who make the trip.
More of Corinna
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.