Hermon has lower unemployment (0.4%) than 98% of U.S. towns
About one in seven stay in Hermon for work; outside it, Bangor is the main destination (43%, 6 miles). Jobs and income earn Hermon A−; getting around on foot earns it D. Household incomes here are higher than in 74% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Hermon
Much of Hermon works one town over
47% of working residents work in a town that borders Hermon: Bangor (43%) and Hampden (4%). Next door ↓
Hermon trades workers with the towns around it
Hermon has about as many jobs (3,001) as working residents (3,239), but they are mostly different people: 2,818 residents leave for work each day while 2,580 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Hermon are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Most Hermon residents work close to home
67% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. How far ↓
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.
The figures behind Hermon’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hermon is better than 80% of U.S. towns, #17 of 143 in Maine. Unemployment holds Hermon’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 39% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hermon could be anywhere from B to A.
The daily commute in and out of Hermon
On a workday 2,818 residents head out to work, 421 work right here, and 2,580 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hermon
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.
Commuting out of Hermon: the destinations
Where Hermon clocks in
43% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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: 28% of the jobs in Hermon
3,001 jobs are based in Hermon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hermon, 2013 → 2023: 2,596 → 3,001. 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 Hermon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Hermon: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hermon workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,852 commuters (the 9% 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 Hermon, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hermon is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns, #129 of 143 in Maine. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 3,128 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). 2.9% of Hermon households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hermon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Hermon is 806th among 3,167 U.S. towns of 4,900 to 9,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | Cumberland ME | 8,876 | $174K | 3.1% | 0.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 362 | Buxton ME | 8,681 | $100K | 2.3% | 1.4% | 8% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 752 | Gray ME | 8,676 | $95K | 3.5% | 3.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 804 | Thornbury Township PA | 6,965 | $192K | 5.3% | 7.0% | 4% | A− |
| 805 | Orland Hills IL | 6,663 | $122K | 6.4% | 6.1% | 2% | A− |
| 806 | Hermon ME | 6,982 | $97K | 6.8% | 0.4% | 13% | A− |
| 807 | Taylor Mill KY | 7,144 | $89K | 10.9% | 2.1% | 1% | A− |
| 808 | Eastampton Township NJ | 6,603 | $110K | 5.7% | 5.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,167 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Hermon, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Next door is work for 47% of Hermon
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Bangor. Darker towns draw more of Hermon’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 Hermon: questions
What is the median household income in Hermon?
$96,629 (±$22,354) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hermon?
6.8%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hermon?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hermon work?
13% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bangor (43%, 6 mi), Brewer (8%, 9 mi), Hampden (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hermon walkable?
Hermon is more walkable than 11% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hermon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hermon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hermon
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.