Garland has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
61 jobs are based in Garland, against 428 working residents. The two grades for Garland are D− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Measured by household income, Garland is behind 87% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Garland in brief
Garland is a place people come home to
There are 61 jobs based in Garland, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Garland has about 670 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Garland’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Garland is Bangor, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 21% of working residents (88) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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 428 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Garland earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Garland is better than 4% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Garland’s grade.
Unemployment (5.6%) is left out: Garland’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, Garland could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Garland quiets down on a workday
On a workday 413 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 670 people are in Garland on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Garland’s commute, mile by mile
About 21% 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.
21% of working residents work in Bangor
Where Garland clocks in
21% of workers
6% 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, not services: 61% of the jobs in Garland
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Garland, 2014 → 2024: 76 → 61. 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 Garland’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Garland
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Garland workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 285 commuters (the 7% 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.
For most of Garland, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Garland is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 3.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 306 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). 2.2% of Garland households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Garland’s commuters take a bus or train.
Garland next to 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+ |
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| 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 |
| … | |||||||
| 2,831 | Butterfield Park NM | 1,119 | $34K | 33.4% | 20.2% | 0% | D− |
| 2,832 | Prairie Creek Township IN | 1,059 | $27K | 26.2% | 12.5% | 1% | D− |
| 2,833 | Garland ME | 1,039 | $51K | 19.3% | 5.6% | 4% | D− |
| 2,834 | Kingfield ME | 1,025 | $48K | 15.6% | 4.0% | 16% | D− |
| 2,835 | Greenwood Township MI | 1,244 | $45K | 14.3% | 8.6% | 11% | 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 Garland, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Bordering towns draw 17% of Garland’s workers
The biggest share goes to Exeter (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Garland workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garland | – | D− | D | 26 min | $51,094 |
| Dexter | 6% | C− | B− | 23 min | $51,845 |
| Dover-Foxcroft | 4% | C | B | 15 min | $63,344 |
| Charleston | under 4% | C+ | B− | 26 min | $75,250 |
| Exeter | 7% | C+ | C− | 35 min | $84,408 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Garland’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 Garland: questions
What is the median household income in Garland?
$51,094 (±$12,415) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Garland?
19.3%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Garland?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Garland work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bangor (21%, 25 mi), Exeter (7%, 8 mi), Dexter (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Garland walkable?
Garland is more walkable than 9% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Garland 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 Garland, from the people who make the trip.
More of Garland
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.