Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Livermore Falls are lower than in 92% of U.S. towns
7% of workers work from home (Maine 16%). 29.0% of residents are in poverty (Maine 10.7%). Livermore Falls grades D for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Livermore Falls in brief
Livermore Falls workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (21 to 33 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Livermore Falls’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Livermore Falls is Auburn, 26 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (112) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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.
What’s behind Livermore Falls’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Livermore Falls is better than 10% of U.S. towns, #137 of 143 in Maine. Unemployment holds Livermore Falls’ grade up (4.6%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Livermore Falls could be anywhere from D− to C+.
About 36 minutes each way for Livermore Falls’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Livermore Falls workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,282 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.
The distance from Livermore Falls to work
About 25% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The workday shuffle in and out of Livermore Falls
On a workday 1,063 residents head out to work, 139 work right here, and 529 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Livermore Falls on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.56 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Auburn
Where Livermore Falls clocks in
9% of workers
9% 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.
In Livermore Falls, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
668 jobs are based in Livermore Falls.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Livermore Falls, 2014 → 2024: 604 → 668. 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 Livermore Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Driving is how Livermore Falls gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Livermore Falls is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #80 of 143 in Maine. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.4% of 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 1,381 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). 7.7% of Livermore Falls households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Livermore Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
Livermore Falls and other U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 764 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 915 | Orrington ME | 3,912 | $95K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 987 | Kennebunkport ME | 3,717 | $103K | 4.6% | 3.7% | 14% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,017 | Church Point LA | 4,036 | $46K | 24.0% | 9.5% | 16% | D |
| 4,018 | South Pittsburg TN | 2,927 | $58K | 21.8% | 11.9% | 12% | D |
| 4,019 | Livermore Falls ME | 3,229 | $46K | 29.0% | 4.6% | 12% | D |
| 4,020 | Aetna Township MI | 2,357 | $63K | 30.3% | 5.7% | 3% | D |
| 4,021 | Johnson VT | 3,369 | $55K | 12.2% | 9.5% | 9% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Livermore Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
The towns around Livermore Falls
The biggest share goes to Jay (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Livermore Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livermore Falls | – | D | C | 36 min | $45,843 |
| Livermore | under 3% | C+ | C− | 27 min | $70,441 |
| Fayette | under 3% | C− | B | 33 min | $59,500 |
| Wayne | under 3% | B | C+ | 30 min | $93,194 |
| Jay | 5% | C+ | C | 21 min | $70,238 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Livermore 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 Livermore Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Livermore Falls?
$45,843 (±$5,908) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Livermore Falls?
29.0%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Livermore Falls?
36 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Livermore Falls work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (9%, 26 mi), Lewiston (9%, 25 mi), Portland (7%, 56 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Livermore Falls walkable?
Livermore Falls is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Livermore Falls 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 Livermore Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Livermore 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. 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.