Hammond has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Hammond for work; outside it, Houlton is the main destination (25%, 9 miles). 2 jobs are based in Hammond; 20 of its residents have a job. 10% of workers have no commute at all; Maine has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily commute in and out of Hammond
On a workday 20 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 71 people are in Hammond on a workday afternoon, 20% 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.
Where Hammond goes to work
Where Hammond clocks in
25% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Hammond
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hammond, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 2. 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 Hammond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Hammond spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hammond workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 10% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Hammond
About 25% 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.
Next door to Hammond
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hammond workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammond | – | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Littleton | under 5% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Smyrna | under 5% | — | — | 15 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Littleton and Smyrna: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hammond’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 Hammond: questions
What is the poverty rate in Hammond?
17.7%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hammond?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hammond work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houlton (25%, 9 mi), New Limerick (20%, 8 mi), Oakfield (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hammond without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hammond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hammond
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.