Most of Greenbush commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Greenbush report 189 jobs; 617 of its residents have a job. Greenbush grades C− for jobs and income and D for walkability. For 4% of workers, the job is at home, where Maine as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Greenbush: the gist
Greenbush workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Greenbush 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 617 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Greenbush’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Greenbush’s grade up (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.6%) is left out: Greenbush’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, Greenbush could be anywhere from D to C.
The daily trip from Greenbush: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenbush workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 678 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Greenbush
On a workday 590 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Greenbush on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
24% of working residents work in Bangor
Where Greenbush clocks in
24% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Greenbush
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenbush, 2013 → 2023: 112 → 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 Greenbush’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Greenbush
About 23% 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.
Most of Greenbush commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenbush is more walkable than 8% 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 3.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 709 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). 0.9% of Greenbush households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenbush’s commuters take a bus or train.
4,366th of 5,794: where Greenbush ranks among U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 516 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 558 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 607 | Newcastle ME | 1,915 | $90K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,364 | Strawberry Point IA | 1,126 | $58K | 11.3% | 5.1% | 9% | C− |
| 4,365 | Questa NM | 1,809 | $47K | 17.5% | 3.0% | 17% | C− |
| 4,366 | Greenbush ME | 1,531 | $60K | 10.2% | 9.6% | 4% | C− |
| 4,367 | Albee Township MI | 2,023 | $61K | 25.3% | 10.8% | 2% | C− |
| 4,368 | Ashland NY | 1,437 | $56K | 16.4% | 5.8% | <1% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Greenbush, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Greenbush and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Milford. Darker towns draw more of Greenbush’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 Greenbush: questions
What is the median household income in Greenbush?
$60,321 (±$5,070) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenbush?
10.2%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenbush?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenbush work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bangor (24%, 19 mi), Old Town (10%, 11 mi), Orono (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenbush walkable?
Greenbush is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 3.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenbush 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 Greenbush, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenbush
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.