Most of Industry commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
116 jobs are based in Industry, against 333 working residents. Working residents average 41 minutes each way (Maine 25, U.S. 26). For 7% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Maine as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Industry apart on work
Industry and Farmington trade workers both ways
Farmington is the top workplace for Industry residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Industry come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Industry workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (27 to 34 minutes). 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 333 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
17% of working residents work in Farmington
Where Industry clocks in
17% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
About 41 minutes to work from Industry
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Industry workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 341 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.
Who leaves Industry for work, and who comes in
On a workday 325 residents head out to work, 8 work right here, and 108 people come in from elsewhere.
About 590 people are in Industry on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
The kinds of work in Industry
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Industry, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 116. 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 Industry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Industry
About 27% 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.
17% of Industry works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Industry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | – | — | — | 41 min | $63,056 |
| New Sharon | under 3% | C | C+ | 30 min | $63,889 |
| Farmington | 17% | D | A− | 27 min | $54,276 |
| Starks | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Anson | under 3% | C− | C+ | 33 min | $52,474 |
| New Vineyard | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Starks and New Vineyard: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Farmington. Darker towns draw more of Industry’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 Industry: questions
What is the median household income in Industry?
$63,056 (±$18,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Industry?
6.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Industry?
41 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Industry work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Farmington (17%, 7 mi), Augusta (7%, 33 mi), Portland (7%, 78 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Industry 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 Industry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Industry
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.