Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Litchfield works elsewhere
Home is the office for 24% of workers (Maine 16%). There are 347 jobs in Litchfield, and 1,572 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Litchfield are A− for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Litchfield, in a few figures
Litchfield is a place people come home to
There are 347 jobs based in Litchfield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Litchfield has about 2,600 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Litchfield
62% of Litchfield residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 39% of the jobs based in Litchfield pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 92% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Litchfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Litchfield
24% of Litchfield workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. 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.
What’s behind Litchfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Litchfield is better than 75% of U.S. towns, #29 of 143 in Maine. The poverty rate holds Litchfield’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 37% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Litchfield could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who works in Litchfield, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,446 residents head out to work, 126 work right here, and 221 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Litchfield on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
What Litchfield’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Litchfield, 2013 → 2023: 282 → 347. 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 Litchfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Litchfield takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Litchfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,558 commuters (the 24% 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.
14% of working residents work in Lewiston
Where Litchfield clocks in
14% of workers
14% of workers
6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Litchfield
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.
The commute in Litchfield is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Litchfield is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns, #84 of 143 in Maine. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 5.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,056 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). 3.9% of Litchfield households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Litchfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,100, Litchfield ranks 1,024th of 4,153 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 332 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 720 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 758 | Hollis ME | 5,003 | $96K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,022 | Elm Grove Township IL | 2,938 | $104K | 10.4% | 2.4% | 7% | A− |
| 1,023 | Jackson Township IN | 4,226 | $77K | 6.9% | 2.2% | 3% | A− |
| 1,024 | Litchfield ME | 3,797 | $85K | 4.3% | 2.2% | 8% | A− |
| 1,025 | Wauna WA | 4,805 | $103K | 6.0% | 3.7% | 2% | A− |
| 1,026 | Saltillo MS | 5,060 | $81K | 6.8% | 1.3% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,153 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Litchfield, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
How Litchfield compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Gardiner (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Litchfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Litchfield | – | A− | C | 32 min | $84,904 |
| West Gardiner | under 3% | B+ | B− | 24 min | $96,172 |
| Richmond | under 3% | B− | C | 29 min | $65,854 |
| Gardiner | 3% | C | B+ | 30 min | $71,782 |
| Wales | under 3% | C− | D | 28 min | $77,004 |
| Bowdoin | under 3% | B+ | D− | 32 min | $91,239 |
| Sabattus | under 3% | B | C− | 30 min | $59,387 |
| Monmouth | under 3% | B | C− | 30 min | $74,648 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Litchfield’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 Litchfield: questions
What is the median household income in Litchfield?
$84,904 (±$15,455) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Litchfield?
4.3%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Litchfield?
32 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Litchfield work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewiston (14%, 13 mi), Augusta (14%, 15 mi), Auburn (6%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Litchfield walkable?
Litchfield is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Litchfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Litchfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Litchfield
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.