Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Minot has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Minot itself; outside it, Auburn draws the most (21%, 6 miles). 271 jobs are based in Minot for 1,264 working residents. For jobs and income Minot is better than 76% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Minot
A lot of Minot works one town over
32% of working residents work in a town that borders Minot: Auburn (21%), Mechanic Falls (6%) and Poland (5%). Next door ↓
Minot is a place people come home to
There are 271 jobs based in Minot, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Minot has about 1,900 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
Why Minot gets the Jobs & income grade it does
Unemployment holds Minot’s grade up (1.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 33% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Minot could be anywhere from B− to A.
How a workday changes Minot
On a workday 1,236 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 243 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,900 people are in Minot on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Out of Minot to work: where people go
Where Minot clocks in
21% of workers
19% 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.
Making and building: 58% of jobs based in Minot
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Minot, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 271. 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 Minot’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Minot, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Minot workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,258 commuters (the 17% 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.
Where in the region Minot works
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.
In Minot, the car does most of the work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,512 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). 2.1% of Minot households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Minot’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,882 U.S. towns of 2,000 to 3,900, Minot comes 1,023rd on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 311 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
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| 1,019 | Kennebunkport ME | 3,717 | $103K | 4.6% | 3.7% | 14% | A− |
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| 1,021 | Hepburn Township PA | 2,534 | $81K | 4.4% | 1.9% | 3% | A− |
| 1,022 | Daleville VA | 3,797 | $103K | 5.5% | 4.1% | 7% | A− |
| 1,023 | Minot ME | 2,866 | $96K | 6.2% | 1.6% | 2% | A− |
| 1,024 | Danby Township MI | 2,997 | $93K | 3.8% | 3.7% | 1% | A− |
| 1,025 | Pleasant Township OH | 3,138 | $78K | 6.4% | 1.8% | 3% | A− |
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| 1,051 | Litchfield ME | 3,797 | $85K | 4.3% | 2.2% | 8% | A− |
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| 4,882 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Minot, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
32% of Minot works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Minot workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minot | – | A− | C− | 25 min | $95,655 |
| Mechanic Falls | 6% | B− | B+ | 26 min | $69,914 |
| Poland | 5% | B | D | 28 min | $85,557 |
| Auburn | 21% | C | B+ | 22 min | $66,647 |
| Hebron | under 2% | B− | B | 31 min | $92,550 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Auburn. Darker towns draw more of Minot’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 Minot: questions
What is the median household income in Minot?
$95,655 (±$16,701) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Minot?
6.2%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Minot?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Minot work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Auburn (21%, 6 mi), Lewiston (19%, 9 mi), Mechanic Falls (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Minot walkable?
Minot is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Minot 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 Minot, from the people who make the trip.
More of Minot
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.