Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Little Falls has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
84 jobs are based in Little Falls, and 448 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Little Falls; the top destination outside it is Portland (30%, 15 miles). 0% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Maine as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Little Falls and work: the main findings
Little Falls is a place people come home to
There are 84 jobs based in Little Falls, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Little Falls has about 350 people in it, 51% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Most Little Falls residents work close to home
66% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 4% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
30% of Little Falls works in Portland
133 working residents, 30%, have their main job in Portland, 15 miles away. That’s 30 times as many as work in Little Falls itself. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 448 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Little Falls on a workday
On a workday 445 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 350 people are in Little Falls on a workday afternoon, 51% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The distance from Little Falls to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Where Little Falls goes to work
Where Little Falls clocks in
30% of workers
13% of workers
11% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Little Falls
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Little Falls, 2014 → 2024: 84 → 84. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Little Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, about the ME average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Little Falls workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 465 commuters (the 0% 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.
Around Little Falls: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Windham (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Little Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Little Falls | – | — | — | 27 min | $127,500 |
| Windham | 2% | A | B | 26 min | $107,934 |
| South Windham | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. South Windham: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Little Falls’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 2024, 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 Little Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Little Falls?
$127,500 (±$71,887) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Little Falls?
0.3%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Little Falls?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Little Falls work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (30%, 15 mi), Gorham (13%, 3 mi), Westbrook (11%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Little Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Little Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Little Falls
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.