Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Nobleboro has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Nobleboro are B− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Nobleboro has 331 jobs; 627 of its residents have a job. 6% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Maine as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Nobleboro and work: the main findings
Nobleboro and Damariscotta trade workers both ways
Damariscotta is the top workplace for Nobleboro residents (22%) and also where the most people who work in Nobleboro come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Commutes from Nobleboro are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 25 across Maine. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maine worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 627 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Income, poverty and work: Nobleboro’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Nobleboro is better than 47% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Nobleboro’s grade up ($100,417, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nobleboro could be anywhere from C− to A−.
22% of working residents work in Damariscotta
Where Nobleboro clocks in
22% of workers
7% 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.
About 20 minutes each way for Nobleboro’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nobleboro workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 887 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.
In and out of Nobleboro on a workday
On a workday 599 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Nobleboro on a workday afternoon, 16% 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 2024, primary jobs.
The kinds of work in Nobleboro
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nobleboro, 2014 → 2024: 307 → 331. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Nobleboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Nobleboro’s workers travel
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Nobleboro commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nobleboro is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Maine.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 940 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). 1.8% of Nobleboro households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Nobleboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Nobleboro next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600: 2,486th of 5,921 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 287 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 598 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 24% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 651 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,484 | Garfield Township IL | 1,452 | $88K | 16.0% | 12.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,485 | Brandywine Township IN | 1,877 | $67K | 10.0% | 5.6% | 5% | B− |
| 2,486 | Nobleboro ME | 1,909 | $100K | 10.4% | 4.2% | 4% | B− |
| 2,487 | Clear Creek Township OH | 2,276 | $74K | 4.8% | 5.5% | 2% | B− |
| 2,488 | Stiles WI | 1,553 | $81K | 10.6% | 0.5% | 1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 7% | 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 Nobleboro, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Bordering towns draw 27% of Nobleboro’s workers
The biggest share goes to Damariscotta (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Nobleboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nobleboro | – | B− | C+ | 20 min | $100,417 |
| Jefferson | under 3% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $85,078 |
| Waldoboro | under 3% | B− | C− | 25 min | $69,107 |
| Newcastle | 5% | A− | B+ | 17 min | $89,868 |
| Damariscotta | 22% | C− | B | 23 min | $59,423 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Nobleboro’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 2024, 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 Nobleboro: questions
What is the median household income in Nobleboro?
$100,417 (±$14,173) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nobleboro?
10.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nobleboro?
20 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nobleboro work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Damariscotta (22%, 5 mi), Portland (7%, 48 mi), Newcastle (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Nobleboro walkable?
Nobleboro is more walkable than 38% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nobleboro 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 Nobleboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nobleboro
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.