With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Medway works elsewhere
7% of workers have no commute at all; Maine has 16%. Medway has 230 jobs; 455 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Medway is better than 12% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Medway: the figures worth knowing
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Medway
The poverty rate holds Medway’s grade up (11.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.2%) is left out: Medway’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, Medway could be anywhere from D− to C.
Near or far: the trip to work from Medway
About 45% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Medway
On a workday 430 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 205 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Medway on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
15% of working residents work in Lincoln
Where Medway clocks in
11% of workers
9% 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.
Jobs in Medway: what the 230 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Medway, 2013 → 2023: 257 → 230. 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 Medway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Medway spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Medway workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 354 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.
Driving is how Medway gets around
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 380 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). 1.9% of Medway households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Medway’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Medway comes 3,445th on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 689 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,052 | Georgetown ME | 1,101 | $84K | 6.3% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,115 | South Thomaston ME | 1,520 | $87K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,443 | Malvern OH | 1,092 | $31K | 26.6% | 4.3% | 3% | D |
| 3,444 | Pendleton Township IL | 1,133 | $58K | 16.2% | 1.6% | 1% | D |
| 3,445 | Medway ME | 1,197 | $56K | 11.4% | 5.2% | 5% | D |
| 3,446 | Gordo AL | 1,553 | $48K | 14.9% | 2.8% | 5% | D |
| 3,447 | Colbert OK | 1,118 | $46K | 24.8% | 6.9% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | 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 Medway, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Work in the towns next to Medway
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Medway workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medway | – | D | C− | 27 min | $55,982 |
| East Millinocket | 7% | D− | C+ | 18 min | $42,011 |
| Woodville | under 2% | — | — | 36 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to East Millinocket. Darker towns draw more of Medway’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 Medway: questions
What is the median household income in Medway?
$55,982 (±$10,872) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Medway?
11.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Medway?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Medway work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lincoln (15%, 19 mi), Bangor (11%, 57 mi), Millinocket (9%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Medway walkable?
Medway is more walkable than 18% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Medway 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 Medway, from the people who make the trip.
More of Medway
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.