Household incomes in Frenchville trail those of 81% of U.S. towns
4% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Maine. Poverty touches 18.6% of residents, against 10.7% across Maine. Jobs and income earn Frenchville D−; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Frenchville, in a few figures
Much of Frenchville works one town over
51% of working residents work in a town that borders Frenchville: Madawaska (26%), Fort Kent (13%) and St. Agatha (12%). Next door ↓
Commutes from Frenchville are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 25 across Maine. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maine worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Frenchville workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 390 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Frenchville’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Frenchville is better than 5% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Frenchville’s grade up ($55,461, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Frenchville’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, Frenchville could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Frenchville’s commute takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Frenchville workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 412 commuters (the 4% 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.
Frenchville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 330 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 175 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Frenchville on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.60 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
26% of working residents work in Madawaska
Where Frenchville clocks in
13% 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 kinds of work in Frenchville
235 jobs are based in Frenchville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Frenchville, 2014 → 2024: 247 → 235. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Frenchville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Frenchville works
About 22% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Frenchville, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Frenchville is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% of 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 428 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 Frenchville households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Frenchville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Frenchville places 2,815th of 3,133 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 467 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 730 | Georgetown ME | 1,101 | $84K | 6.3% | 3.5% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 818 | Wayne ME | 1,167 | $93K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,813 | Wheaton MN | 1,330 | $46K | 15.4% | 3.1% | 35% | D− |
| 2,814 | Bogata TX | 1,118 | $40K | 19.4% | 1.5% | 3% | D− |
| 2,815 | Frenchville ME | 1,019 | $55K | 18.6% | 0.0% | 15% | D− |
| 2,816 | Bessemer Township MI | 1,124 | $56K | 20.4% | 8.3% | 3% | D− |
| 2,817 | Buel Township MI | 1,153 | $60K | 23.0% | 7.1% | 1% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Frenchville, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
The towns next door employ 51% of Frenchville
The biggest share goes to Madawaska (26%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Frenchville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frenchville | – | D− | C | 16 min | $55,461 |
| St. Agatha | 12% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Fort Kent | 13% | C | B+ | 18 min | $56,270 |
| Madawaska | 26% | D | C− | 12 min | $56,818 |
Same-state neighbors only. St. Agatha: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Frenchville’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 2024, 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 Frenchville: questions
What is the median household income in Frenchville?
$55,461 (±$9,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Frenchville?
18.6%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Frenchville?
16 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Frenchville work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Madawaska (26%, 7 mi), Fort Kent (13%, 8 mi), St. Agatha (12%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Frenchville walkable?
Frenchville is more walkable than 33% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Frenchville 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 Frenchville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Frenchville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.