Andrew Welch Homestead · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Parsonsfield works elsewhere
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, against 16% across Maine. 169 jobs are based in Parsonsfield for 857 working residents. Only 4% stay in Parsonsfield for work; outside it, Portland is the main destination (10%, 36 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Parsonsfield stands out on work
Parsonsfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 48 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 368 hours of commuting, 176 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Parsonsfield’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Parsonsfield is Portland, 36 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (84) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Parsonsfield is a place people come home to
There are 169 jobs based in Parsonsfield, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Parsonsfield has about 1,100 people in it, 37% 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 857 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Parsonsfield
On income, poverty and job access, Parsonsfield is better than 20% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Parsonsfield’s grade up ($72,045, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (2.9%) is left out: Parsonsfield’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, Parsonsfield could be anywhere from D− to B−.
Parsonsfield’s commute takes about 48 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Parsonsfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 692 commuters (the 5% 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 Parsonsfield
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.
Who leaves Parsonsfield for work, and who comes in
On a workday 824 residents head out to work, 33 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Parsonsfield on a workday afternoon, 37% 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.
The places Parsonsfield commutes to
Where Parsonsfield clocks in
10% of workers
6% 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 Parsonsfield’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Parsonsfield, 2013 → 2023: 191 → 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 Parsonsfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Parsonsfield walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Parsonsfield is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Parsonsfield 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 729 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). 4.0% of Parsonsfield households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Parsonsfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Parsonsfield is 4,041st of 5,656 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 568 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 616 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Union City MI | 1,726 | $63K | 14.5% | 7.9% | 6% | C− |
| 4,040 | Center Township IN | 1,471 | $61K | 11.7% | 0.3% | 1% | C− |
| 4,041 | Parsonsfield ME | 1,837 | $72K | 12.0% | 2.9% | 4% | C− |
| 4,042 | Raymond MS | 1,384 | $40K | 20.6% | 4.0% | 4% | C− |
| 4,043 | Hume NY | 2,036 | $69K | 11.2% | 12.0% | 4% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | 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 Parsonsfield, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Next door is work for 20% of Parsonsfield
The biggest share goes to Cornish (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Parsonsfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parsonsfield | – | C− | C− | 48 min | $72,045 |
| Porter | 3% | C− | C− | 32 min | $60,417 |
| Hiram | 6% | D | D− | 31 min | $62,813 |
| Cornish | 8% | C+ | B+ | 31 min | $69,038 |
| Newfield | under 3% | C− | C+ | 49 min | $57,188 |
| Limerick | 3% | B+ | C | 38 min | $101,172 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Parsonsfield’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 Parsonsfield: questions
What is the median household income in Parsonsfield?
$72,045 (±$18,142) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Parsonsfield?
12.0%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Parsonsfield?
48 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Parsonsfield work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (10%, 36 mi), Cornish (8%, 5 mi), Hiram (6%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Parsonsfield walkable?
Parsonsfield is more walkable than 15% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Parsonsfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Parsonsfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Parsonsfield
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.