Newfield (Willowbrook) Historic District · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Newfield has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 165 jobs in Newfield, against 703 working residents. Newfield grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Maine 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Newfield apart on work
Newfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 49 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 376 hours of commuting, 184 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Newfield is a place people come home to
There are 165 jobs based in Newfield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Newfield has about 1,200 people in it, 32% 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; with 703 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Newfield’s grade explained
On income, poverty and job access, Newfield is better than 16% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Newfield’s grade up (10.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.3%) is left out: Newfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Newfield could be anywhere from D− to B−.
A commute of about 49 minutes in Newfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 644 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.
Who commutes out of Newfield, and who commutes in
On a workday 693 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Newfield on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
13% of working residents work in Sanford
Where Newfield clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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.
What Newfield’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newfield, 2013 → 2023: 127 → 165. 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 Newfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Newfield’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 Newfield, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newfield is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 686 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). 8.9% of Newfield households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Newfield ranks 4,329th of 5,760 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,327 | Center-District 1 Township KS | 1,498 | $68K | 13.0% | 0.0% | 13% | C− |
| 4,328 | Dudley Township KS | 1,350 | $52K | 8.9% | 2.7% | 11% | C− |
| 4,329 | Newfield ME | 1,693 | $57K | 10.5% | 3.3% | 1% | C− |
| 4,330 | Stagecoach NV | 1,892 | $70K | 13.0% | 8.5% | 1% | C− |
| 4,331 | Coldwater MS | 1,326 | $44K | 33.7% | 5.3% | 2% | 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 Newfield, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
The towns around Newfield
The biggest share goes to Shapleigh (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfield | – | C− | C+ | 49 min | $57,188 |
| Shapleigh | 4% | B | C | 33 min | $88,140 |
| Acton | under 3% | C+ | C− | 40 min | $78,750 |
| Limerick | under 3% | B+ | C | 38 min | $101,172 |
| Parsonsfield | under 3% | C− | C− | 48 min | $72,045 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newfield’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 Newfield: questions
What is the median household income in Newfield?
$57,188 (±$20,254) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newfield?
10.5%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newfield?
49 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newfield work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sanford (13%, 16 mi), Portland (6%, 34 mi), South Portland (5%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newfield walkable?
Newfield is more walkable than 39% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newfield
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.