Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainMost of Hebron commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Hebron report 215 jobs, against 646 working residents. For jobs and income Hebron is better than 53% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (B). Only 4% work in Hebron itself; outside it, Lewiston draws the most (15%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Hebron apart
How Hebron earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Hebron’s grade up ($92,550, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 29% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Hebron’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, Hebron could be anywhere from C to B+.
From Hebron, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hebron workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 525 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.
Hebron on a workday afternoon
On a workday 623 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 192 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Hebron on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 Hebron’s working residents head each day
Where Hebron clocks in
15% of workers
15% of workers
5% 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 Hebron
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hebron, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 215. 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 Hebron’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Hebron’s workers travel
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.
Few in Hebron walk, bike or ride to work
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 583 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 Hebron households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hebron’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Hebron ranks: 1,513th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,511 | Newark TX | 1,307 | $77K | 19.5% | 4.8% | <1% | B− |
| 1,512 | Monroe Township IN | 1,548 | $82K | 7.1% | 1.2% | 4% | B− |
| 1,513 | Hebron ME | 1,289 | $93K | 8.9% | 3.3% | 4% | B− |
| 1,514 | Townsend Township OH | 1,516 | $52K | 5.5% | 2.3% | <1% | B− |
| 1,515 | East Canton OH | 1,513 | $57K | 8.9% | 3.2% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Hebron, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
How Hebron compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Oxford (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Hebron’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 Hebron: questions
What is the median household income in Hebron?
$92,550 (±$19,139) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hebron?
8.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hebron?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hebron work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewiston (15%, 14 mi), Auburn (15%, 11 mi), Portland (5%, 41 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hebron walkable?
Hebron is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hebron 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 Hebron, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hebron
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.