Dixmont Corner Church · Photo: Skoopy · Public domainDixmont has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% stay in Dixmont for work; outside it, Bangor is the main destination (24%, 20 miles). 49 jobs are based in Dixmont for 553 working residents. Dixmont grades C+ for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Dixmont stands out on work
Dixmont is a place people come home to
There are 49 jobs based in Dixmont, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Dixmont has about 710 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Dixmont workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 77 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 553 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Dixmont’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Dixmont is better than 40% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Dixmont’s grade up (7.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.2%) is left out: Dixmont’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, Dixmont could be anywhere from C− to B.
Who leaves Dixmont for work, and who comes in
On a workday 543 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere.
About 710 people are in Dixmont on a workday afternoon, 41% 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 from Dixmont: about 35 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dixmont workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 498 commuters (the 22% 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.
Where the trip to work from Dixmont ends
Where Dixmont clocks in
24% 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.
A place that makes things: 33% of Dixmont’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dixmont, 2013 → 2023: 37 → 49. 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 Dixmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Dixmont
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.
Most of Dixmont commutes by car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 638 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). 2.1% of Dixmont households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Dixmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
Dixmont places 1,886th of 4,312 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 689 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,052 | Georgetown ME | 1,101 | $84K | 6.3% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,115 | South Thomaston ME | 1,520 | $87K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,884 | Gnadenhutten OH | 1,215 | $65K | 7.9% | 2.9% | 4% | C+ |
| 1,885 | Steuben Township IL | 1,089 | $66K | 8.8% | 2.3% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,886 | Dixmont ME | 1,215 | $76K | 7.9% | 3.2% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,887 | Wise Township MI | 1,385 | $68K | 8.4% | 4.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,888 | Frohn Township MN | 1,582 | $90K | 11.3% | 5.2% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Dixmont, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Around Dixmont: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Dixmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixmont | – | C+ | D− | 35 min | $75,952 |
| Troy | under 3% | D− | C− | 50 min | $44,583 |
| Etna | under 3% | C− | C | 28 min | $72,379 |
| Jackson | under 3% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| Newburgh | under 3% | C | D− | 30 min | $76,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Jackson: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Dixmont’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 Dixmont: questions
What is the median household income in Dixmont?
$75,952 (±$13,543) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dixmont?
7.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dixmont?
35 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dixmont work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bangor (24%, 20 mi), Newport (6%, 12 mi), Augusta (5%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Dixmont walkable?
Dixmont is more walkable than 2% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Dixmont 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 Dixmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dixmont
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.