With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Crawford works elsewhere
39% of workers have no commute at all, where Maine as a whole has 16%. There are 11 jobs in Crawford, against 40 working residents. Only 2% work in Crawford; the top destination outside it is Baileyville (33%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Crawford quiets down on a workday
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 64 people are in Crawford on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 Crawford: the destinations
Where Crawford clocks in
33% of workers
18% 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.
Goods, not services: 100% of the jobs in Crawford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Crawford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 40 minutes each way for Crawford’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Crawford workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 11 commuters (the 39% 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 many miles Crawford commutes
About 35% 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.
Next door to Crawford
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Crawford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crawford | – | — | — | 40 min | $31,875 |
| Alexander | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Alexander: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Crawford’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 Crawford: questions
What is the median household income in Crawford?
$31,875 (±$22,366) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Crawford?
27.8%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Crawford?
40 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 39% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Crawford work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Baileyville (33%, 11 mi), Calais (18%, 19 mi), South Portland (5%, 166 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Crawford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Crawford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Crawford
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.