Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Norridgewock works elsewhere
Jobs and income earn Norridgewock C−; getting around on foot earns it D−. 603 jobs are based in Norridgewock; 1,466 of its residents have a job. Only 8% stay in Norridgewock for work; outside it, Skowhegan is the main destination (20%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Norridgewock, in brief
Norridgewock makes and builds things
49% of the jobs based in Norridgewock are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Norridgewock residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Norridgewock and Skowhegan trade workers both ways
Skowhegan is the top workplace for Norridgewock residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Norridgewock come from (16% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The quickest commute around
Norridgewock’s 22-minute average trip is shorter than in any town next door, where it runs from 25 to 33 minutes. Next door ↓
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.
The figures behind Norridgewock’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Norridgewock is better than 18% of U.S. towns, #129 of 143 in Maine. Unemployment holds Norridgewock’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (20.9%, U.S. 12.5%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Norridgewock could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Factories, building and farms: 49% of the jobs in Norridgewock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Norridgewock, 2013 → 2023: 766 → 603. 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 Norridgewock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Norridgewock commutes to
Where Norridgewock clocks in
20% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Norridgewock
On a workday 1,356 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 493 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,400 people are in Norridgewock on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Getting to work from Norridgewock takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Norridgewock workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,089 commuters (the 22% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Norridgewock
About 25% 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.
Most trips from Norridgewock start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Norridgewock is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns, #141 of 143 in Maine. Both inputs place Norridgewock 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 1,401 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). 1.1% of Norridgewock households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Norridgewock’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Norridgewock is 3,786th of 4,593 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 347 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 793 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 949 | Orrington ME | 3,912 | $95K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,784 | Paw Paw MI | 3,386 | $42K | 21.9% | 5.7% | 10% | C− |
| 3,785 | Wisconsin Dells WI | 3,149 | $55K | 11.3% | 15.5% | 17% | C− |
| 3,786 | Norridgewock ME | 3,304 | $62K | 20.9% | 4.9% | 8% | C− |
| 3,787 | Mexico ME | 2,779 | $56K | 19.7% | 3.4% | 10% | C− |
| 3,788 | Rossville GA | 3,922 | $59K | 14.1% | 8.5% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,593 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Norridgewock, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Next door is work for 26% of Norridgewock
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Norridgewock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norridgewock | – | C− | D− | 22 min | $61,579 |
| Starks | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Madison | 4% | C+ | B | 27 min | $61,747 |
| Mercer | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Smithfield | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Skowhegan | 20% | C− | A− | 25 min | $49,485 |
| Fairfield | 2% | B− | B− | 25 min | $64,101 |
Same-state neighbors only. Starks, Mercer and Smithfield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Skowhegan. Darker towns draw more of Norridgewock’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 Norridgewock: questions
What is the median household income in Norridgewock?
$61,579 (±$18,602) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Norridgewock?
20.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Norridgewock?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Norridgewock work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Skowhegan (20%, 8 mi), Waterville (10%, 15 mi), Augusta (8%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Norridgewock walkable?
Norridgewock is more walkable than 4% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.4 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Norridgewock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Norridgewock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Norridgewock
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.