With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Newburgh works elsewhere
Home is the office for 6% of workers, where Maine as a whole has 16%. There are 82 jobs in Newburgh for 811 working residents. Jobs and income earn Newburgh C; getting around on foot earns it D−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Newburgh, in brief
Newburgh is a place people come home to
There are 82 jobs based in Newburgh, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Newburgh has about 1,000 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
One in three of Newburgh works in Bangor
287 working residents, 35%, have their main job in Bangor, 14 miles away. That’s 9 times as many as work in Newburgh itself. The commute map ↓
Newburgh workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 811 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Newburgh’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Newburgh is better than 34% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Newburgh’s grade up ($76,750, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Newburgh’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, Newburgh could be anywhere from C− to B−.
Newburgh by day and by night
On a workday 779 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 50 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Newburgh on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
35% of working residents work in Bangor
Where Newburgh clocks in
35% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Newburgh’s commute takes about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newburgh workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 684 commuters (the 6% 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.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in Newburgh
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newburgh, 2013 → 2023: 88 → 82. 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 Newburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Newburgh’s workers travel
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.
For most of Newburgh, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newburgh is near the bottom of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Newburgh 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 731 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). 2.3% of Newburgh households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newburgh’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,760 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Newburgh comes 3,118th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 263 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 543 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 591 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,116 | Troy Grove Township IL | 1,273 | $85K | 17.7% | 4.1% | 2% | C |
| 3,117 | De Soto Township IL | 2,276 | $71K | 12.0% | 5.7% | 3% | C |
| 3,118 | Newburgh ME | 1,735 | $77K | 11.7% | 5.0% | 4% | C |
| 3,119 | Clinton Township MO | 1,609 | $65K | 5.3% | 0.0% | 4% | C |
| 3,120 | Kortright NY | 1,508 | $81K | 8.2% | 5.3% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Newburgh, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
How Newburgh compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Hampden (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Newburgh’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 Newburgh: questions
What is the median household income in Newburgh?
$76,750 (±$10,126) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newburgh?
11.7%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newburgh?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newburgh work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bangor (35%, 14 mi), Brewer (8%, 15 mi), Hampden (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newburgh walkable?
Newburgh is near the bottom of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 2.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newburgh 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 Newburgh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newburgh
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.