Oakfield Station · Photo: Mooersrealy · CC BY-SA 4.0Work and commuting in Oakfield
Only 2% work in Oakfield itself; outside it, Houlton draws the most (30%, 14 miles). Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers, where Maine as a whole has 16%. A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes (Maine 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Oakfield on a workday afternoon
On a workday 185 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 105 people come in from elsewhere.
About 580 people are in Oakfield on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that employ Oakfield’s residents
Where Oakfield clocks in
30% 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.
Oakfield works in goods: 55% of its jobs
108 jobs are based in Oakfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Oakfield, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 108. 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 Oakfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Oakfield: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Oakfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 235 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Oakfield
About 37% 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.
Next door is work for 14% of Oakfield
The biggest share goes to New Limerick (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Oakfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakfield | – | — | — | 19 min | $46,378 |
| Dyer Brook | 5% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Smyrna | under 2% | — | — | 15 min | — |
| New Limerick | 9% | — | — | 17 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Dyer Brook, Smyrna and New Limerick: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Oakfield’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 Oakfield: questions
What is the median household income in Oakfield?
$46,378 (±$3,408) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Oakfield?
9.2%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Oakfield?
19 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Oakfield work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Houlton (30%, 14 mi), New Limerick (9%, 7 mi), Dyer Brook (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Oakfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 12% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Oakfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Oakfield
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.