Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Edgecomb commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Edgecomb grades B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Employers in Edgecomb report 189 jobs, and 458 of its residents work somewhere. Measured by household income, Edgecomb is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Edgecomb
On income, poverty and job access, Edgecomb is better than 71% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Edgecomb’s grade up ($108,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 32% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.1%) is left out: Edgecomb’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, Edgecomb could be anywhere from B− to A−.
A workday in Edgecomb: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 446 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 177 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Edgecomb on a workday afternoon, 22% 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.
12% of working residents work in Damariscotta
Where Edgecomb clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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 jobs make up 40% of work in Edgecomb
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Edgecomb, 2013 → 2023: 198 → 189. 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 Edgecomb’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Edgecomb: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Edgecomb workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 620 commuters (the 12% 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 it is to work from Edgecomb
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.
Driving is how Edgecomb gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Edgecomb is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 6.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 707 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). 0.7% of Edgecomb households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Edgecomb’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Edgecomb comes 689th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 687 | Yamhill OR | 1,220 | $114K | 8.4% | 1.4% | 3% | B+ |
| 688 | Fayetteville Township IL | 1,459 | $101K | 6.7% | 3.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 689 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 690 | Muncy Township PA | 1,185 | $86K | 5.9% | 3.9% | 10% | B+ |
| 691 | Gibson WI | 1,338 | $81K | 6.1% | 2.0% | <1% | 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 1,172 | Wayne ME | 1,167 | $93K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Edgecomb, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Edgecomb and its neighbors: 17% work next door
The biggest share goes to Newcastle (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Edgecomb workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edgecomb | – | B+ | B+ | 22 min | $108,750 |
| South Bristol | under 3% | C | B+ | 17 min | $69,211 |
| Westport Island | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Boothbay | 5% | B− | B− | 13 min | $60,320 |
| Wiscasset | 3% | B | C | 25 min | $71,118 |
| Newcastle | 9% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $89,868 |
Same-state neighbors only. Westport Island: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Edgecomb’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 Edgecomb: questions
What is the median household income in Edgecomb?
$108,750 (±$17,927) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Edgecomb?
5.6%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Edgecomb?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Edgecomb work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Damariscotta (12%, 7 mi), Portland (10%, 37 mi), Newcastle (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Edgecomb walkable?
Edgecomb is more walkable than 66% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Edgecomb without a car?
<1% 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 Edgecomb, from the people who make the trip.
More of Edgecomb
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.