Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Newry
The average commute, 25 minutes each way, matches the Maine norm. Only 8% stay in Newry for work; outside it, Bethel is the main destination (11%, 7 miles). Newry has 169 jobs; 152 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Newry on a workday afternoon
On a workday 140 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 157 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.11 per resident).
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 Newry’s working residents head each day
Where Newry clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Newry: what the 169 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newry, 2013 → 2023: 721 → 169. 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 Newry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Newry, 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 Newry workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 60 commuters (the 12% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Newry
About 33% 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.
Newry and its neighbors: 16% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Bethel. Darker towns draw more of Newry’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 Newry: questions
What is the median household income in Newry?
$67,000 (±$22,562) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newry?
3.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newry?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newry work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bethel (11%, 7 mi), Lewiston (7%, 45 mi), Rumford (7%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Newry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newry
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.