East Eddington Public Hall · Photo: SarekOfVulcan · CC BY-SA 3.0Eddington has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 3% work in Eddington; the top destination outside it is Bangor (37%, 7 miles). Eddington has 260 jobs for 1,004 working residents. The two grades for Eddington are B 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
What the numbers say about work in Eddington
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Eddington’s working residents have a job less than 9 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 32 minutes, longer than the Maine average of 25. Time on the road ↓
37% of Eddington works in Bangor
367 working residents, 37%, have their main job in Bangor, 7.1 miles away. That’s 12 times as many as work in Eddington itself. The commute map ↓
Eddington is a place people come home to
There are 260 jobs based in Eddington, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Eddington has about 1,500 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
The four measures behind Eddington’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Eddington is better than 62% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Eddington’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down. It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Eddington could be anywhere from C to A.
A commute of about 32 minutes in Eddington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Eddington workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 836 commuters (the 16% 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 Eddington ends
Where Eddington clocks in
37% of workers
11% 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 daily flow of workers through Eddington
On a workday 970 residents head out to work, 34 work right here, and 226 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Eddington on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
Goods, not services: 45% of the jobs in Eddington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Eddington, 2013 → 2023: 163 → 260. 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 Eddington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Eddington
About 19% 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.
For most of Eddington, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Eddington is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Maine.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 990 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). 1.0% of Eddington households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Eddington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,600 to 3,000, Eddington ranks 1,538th of 5,102 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 276 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 570 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 624 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,536 | Washington Township PA | 2,651 | $92K | 4.3% | 8.0% | 3% | B |
| 1,537 | Indian Springs GA | 2,070 | $81K | 1.0% | 5.5% | <1% | B |
| 1,538 | Eddington ME | 2,254 | $75K | 6.7% | 2.7% | 3% | B |
| 1,539 | Center Point TX | 1,733 | $116K | 6.4% | 3.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,540 | Superior Township KS | 1,651 | $75K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 5% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,102 | 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 Eddington, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Next door is work for 18% of Eddington
The biggest share goes to Brewer (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Eddington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddington | – | B | D | 32 min | $75,350 |
| Holden | 4% | B | D | 25 min | $92,200 |
| Veazie | under 2% | B | C | 18 min | $78,229 |
| Orono | 3% | B+ | A− | 15 min | $61,528 |
| Bradley | under 2% | B− | C | 23 min | $76,667 |
| Brewer | 11% | B | B− | 17 min | $66,613 |
| Clifton | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Dedham | under 2% | B− | C− | 30 min | $111,442 |
Same-state neighbors only. Clifton: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Eddington’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 Eddington: questions
What is the median household income in Eddington?
$75,350 (±$18,367) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Eddington?
6.7%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Eddington?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Eddington work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bangor (37%, 7 mi), Brewer (11%, 5 mi), Holden (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Eddington walkable?
Eddington is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Eddington without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Eddington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Eddington
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.