New Canada has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 7% stay in New Canada for work; outside it, Fort Kent is the main destination (31%, 5 miles). Employers in New Canada report 53 jobs, and 99 of its residents work somewhere. For 1% of workers, the job is at home, where Maine as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
New Canada on a workday afternoon
On a workday 92 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in New Canada on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Where the trip to work from New Canada ends
Where New Canada clocks in
31% of workers
5% 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.
Making and building: 60% of jobs based in New Canada
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Canada, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 53. 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 New Canada’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes to work from New Canada
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Canada workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 161 commuters (the 1% 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.
New Canada’s commute, mile by mile
About 29% 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.
34% of New Canada works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Canada workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Canada | – | — | — | 28 min | $68,750 |
| Wallagrass | 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Fort Kent | 31% | C | B+ | 18 min | $56,270 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wallagrass: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Kent. Darker towns draw more of New Canada’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 New Canada: questions
What is the median household income in New Canada?
$68,750 (±$29,174) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Canada?
9.1%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Canada?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 1% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Canada work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Kent (31%, 5 mi), South Portland (5%, 259 mi), Presque Isle (5%, 40 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around New Canada without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Canada, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Canada
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.