Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0Households in Milbridge have lower incomes than those in 73% of U.S. towns
About one in seven work in Milbridge itself; outside it, Cherryfield draws the most (9%, 12 miles). The poverty rate is 18.4%, where Maine as a whole has 10.7%. For jobs and income Milbridge is better than 7% of U.S. towns (D); for walkability it is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Milbridge at work: what stands out
Income, poverty and work: Milbridge’s grade explained
Household income holds Milbridge’s grade up ($60,536, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (10.2%) is left out: Milbridge’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, Milbridge could be anywhere from D− to C−.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Milbridge
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Milbridge workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 301 commuters (the 19% 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.
How a workday changes Milbridge
On a workday 381 residents head out to work, 75 work right here, and 401 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 (1.04 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.
Where people from Milbridge work
Where Milbridge clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
The 476 jobs based in Milbridge
476 jobs are based in Milbridge.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Milbridge, 2013 → 2023: 498 → 476. 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 Milbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Milbridge commutes
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Milbridge start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 371 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). 8.2% of Milbridge households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Milbridge’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800, Milbridge comes 4,718th 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+ |
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| 428 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 460 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 894 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,716 | Onancock VA | 1,177 | $55K | 21.4% | 3.0% | 3% | D |
| 4,717 | Wright WY | 1,659 | $70K | 27.3% | 2.3% | 12% | D |
| 4,718 | Milbridge ME | 1,316 | $61K | 18.4% | 10.2% | 16% | D |
| 4,719 | Monroe Township PA | 1,090 | $57K | 17.5% | 3.8% | 1% | D |
| 4,720 | Buttonwillow CA | 1,163 | $35K | 25.1% | 4.0% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Milbridge, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
The towns next door employ 17% of Milbridge
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Milbridge workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milbridge | – | D | B | 18 min | $60,536 |
| Harrington | 3% | — | — | 20 min | — |
| Steuben | 5% | C+ | C | 28 min | $76,466 |
| Cherryfield | 9% | D− | B | 30 min | $37,115 |
Same-state neighbors only. Harrington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Cherryfield. Darker towns draw more of Milbridge’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 Milbridge: questions
What is the median household income in Milbridge?
$60,536 (±$16,208) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Milbridge?
18.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Milbridge?
18 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Milbridge work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Cherryfield (9%, 12 mi), Ellsworth (8%, 32 mi), Steuben (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Milbridge walkable?
Milbridge is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Milbridge 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 Milbridge, from the people who make the trip.
More of Milbridge
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.