Frankfort Dam · Photo: DrStew82 · CC BY-SA 4.0Frankfort has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Frankfort itself; outside it, Belfast draws the most (22%, 13 miles). There are 66 jobs in Frankfort; 470 of its residents have a job. Frankfort grades C− for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Frankfort and work: the main findings
Frankfort is a place people come home to
There are 66 jobs based in Frankfort, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Frankfort has about 840 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Frankfort 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 470 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Frankfort’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Frankfort is better than 21% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Frankfort’s grade up ($80,000, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Frankfort’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Frankfort could be anywhere from D− to B.
Who works in Frankfort, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 466 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 62 people come in from elsewhere.
About 840 people are in Frankfort on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Frankfort’s commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frankfort workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 500 commuters (the 11% 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 people from Frankfort work
Where Frankfort clocks in
22% of workers
10% 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.
In Frankfort, 59% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frankfort, 2013 → 2023: 45 → 66. 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 Frankfort’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Frankfort works
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 Frankfort commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frankfort is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Frankfort near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 560 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). 1.6% of Frankfort households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Frankfort’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Frankfort ranks 3,275th of 4,866 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 378 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 406 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 782 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,273 | Island City OR | 1,142 | $67K | 14.0% | 7.0% | 5% | C− |
| 3,274 | Natalia TX | 1,373 | $46K | 24.1% | 3.0% | 3% | C− |
| 3,275 | Frankfort ME | 1,248 | $80K | 16.4% | 1.6% | 1% | C− |
| 3,276 | Hawes Township MI | 1,111 | $68K | 10.2% | 5.5% | 3% | C− |
| 3,277 | Deerfield Township OH | 1,059 | $79K | 22.3% | 2.4% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Frankfort, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Around Frankfort: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Bucksport (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frankfort workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frankfort | – | C− | C− | 32 min | $80,000 |
| Winterport | under 2% | B+ | C− | 32 min | $98,333 |
| Monroe | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Prospect | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Bucksport | 4% | C | D | 28 min | $64,720 |
| Swanville | under 2% | D− | B | 26 min | $51,935 |
Same-state neighbors only. Monroe: not graded. Prospect: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Frankfort’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 Frankfort: questions
What is the median household income in Frankfort?
$80,000 (±$26,301) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frankfort?
16.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frankfort?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frankfort work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belfast (22%, 13 mi), Searsport (13%, 9 mi), Bangor (10%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Frankfort walkable?
Frankfort is more walkable than 16% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frankfort 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 Frankfort, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frankfort
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.