Photo: ThePessimus · Public domainKingfield’s household incomes are lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 15.6% of residents are in poverty, against 10.7% across Maine. The two grades for Kingfield are D− for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Kingfield at work: what stands out
A big share show a job far from home
32% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Kingfield makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Kingfield are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Kingfield residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 15%. The jobs ↓
Kingfield has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Kingfield went from 334 in 2013 to 471 in 2023, +41%. The jobs ↓
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 456 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Kingfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Kingfield is better than 4% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Kingfield’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Kingfield’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, Kingfield could be anywhere from D− to C+.
The distance from Kingfield to work
About 32% 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.
Goods jobs make up 41% of work in Kingfield
471 jobs are based in Kingfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Kingfield, 2013 → 2023: 334 → 471. 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 Kingfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many people are in Kingfield by day
On a workday 393 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 408 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 (1.03 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.
26% of working residents work in Carrabassett Valley
Where Kingfield clocks in
26% of workers
4% 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.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Kingfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Kingfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 356 commuters (the 17% 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.
Most trips from Kingfield start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Kingfield is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Kingfield near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 431 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). 8.4% of Kingfield households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Kingfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Kingfield and other U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 467 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 730 | Georgetown ME | 1,101 | $84K | 6.3% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 818 | Wayne ME | 1,167 | $93K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 2,832 | Prairie Creek Township IN | 1,059 | $27K | 26.2% | 12.5% | 1% | D− |
| 2,833 | Garland ME | 1,039 | $51K | 19.3% | 5.6% | 3% | D− |
| 2,834 | Kingfield ME | 1,025 | $48K | 15.6% | 4.0% | 14% | D− |
| 2,835 | Greenwood Township MI | 1,244 | $45K | 14.3% | 8.6% | 11% | D− |
| 2,836 | Westwood CA | 1,063 | $59K | 21.7% | 22.7% | 9% | D− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Kingfield, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Kingfield and its neighbors: 26% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Kingfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kingfield | – | D− | B− | 26 min | $47,750 |
| Carrabassett Valley | 26% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| New Portland | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Carrabassett Valley and New Portland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Carrabassett Valley. Darker towns draw more of Kingfield’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 Kingfield: questions
What is the median household income in Kingfield?
$47,750 (±$25,576) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Kingfield?
15.6%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Kingfield?
26 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Kingfield work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Carrabassett Valley (26%, 7 mi), Portland (4%, 93 mi), Eustis (4%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Kingfield walkable?
Kingfield is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Kingfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Kingfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Kingfield
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.