Shaker Village · Photo: Jamie Ribisi-Braley · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of New Gloucester commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, New Gloucester is ahead of 83% of U.S. towns. There are 1,504 jobs in New Gloucester; 2,871 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn New Gloucester B+; getting around on foot earns it B.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in New Gloucester
Jobs & income in New Gloucester: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, New Gloucester is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #31 of 143 in Maine. The poverty rate holds New Gloucester’s grade up (4.3%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, New Gloucester could be anywhere from B− to A.
New Gloucester’s commute, mile by mile
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 and out of New Gloucester on a workday
On a workday 2,636 residents head out to work, 235 work right here, and 1,269 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,600 people are in New Gloucester on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
17% of working residents work in Portland
Where New Gloucester clocks in
17% of workers
7% 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.
65% of the jobs in New Gloucester pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Gloucester, 2013 → 2023: 1,566 → 1,504. 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 Gloucester’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from New Gloucester: 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 New Gloucester workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,545 commuters (the 14% 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.
Getting around New Gloucester: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, New Gloucester is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns, #50 of 143 in Maine. Both inputs place New Gloucester near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,966 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of New Gloucester households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of New Gloucester’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,100, New Gloucester ranks 980th of 3,394 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 343 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 706 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 733 | Hollis ME | 5,003 | $96K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 978 | Magnolia NJ | 4,415 | $101K | 6.9% | 6.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 979 | Deep River CT | 4,468 | $90K | 8.2% | 3.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 980 | New Gloucester ME | 5,964 | $109K | 4.3% | 5.1% | 8% | B+ |
| 981 | Lower Windsor Township PA | 7,845 | $87K | 7.0% | 3.3% | 3% | B+ |
| 982 | Charlestown RI | 8,002 | $109K | 4.2% | 4.1% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,394 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 New Gloucester, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
10% of New Gloucester works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Gray (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Gloucester workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Gloucester | – | B+ | B | 27 min | $108,797 |
| Poland | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $85,557 |
| Gray | 5% | A− | C− | 29 min | $95,236 |
| Raymond | under 3% | B+ | B | 37 min | $88,194 |
| Pownal | under 3% | A− | D | 30 min | $104,333 |
| Auburn | 5% | C | B+ | 22 min | $66,647 |
| Durham | under 3% | B | D | 28 min | $99,181 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Gloucester’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 Gloucester: questions
What is the median household income in New Gloucester?
$108,797 (±$12,364) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Gloucester?
4.3%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Gloucester?
27 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Gloucester work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (17%, 23 mi), Lewiston (7%, 11 mi), South Portland (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is New Gloucester walkable?
New Gloucester is more walkable than 56% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around New Gloucester without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Gloucester, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Gloucester
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.