Perham has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Perham has 9 jobs, and 141 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Perham for work; outside it, Presque Isle is the main destination (30%, 18 miles). Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers; Maine has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Perham
On a workday 141 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 250 people are in Perham on a workday afternoon, 35% 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.
Out of Perham to work: where people go
Where Perham clocks in
30% of workers
16% 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.
What Perham’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Perham, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 9. 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 Perham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Perham: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Perham workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 131 commuters (the 8% 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.
The commute from Perham, by distance
About 29% 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.
The towns around Perham
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Perham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perham | – | — | — | 25 min | $62,500 |
| Woodland | under 3% | D | D− | 20 min | $64,464 |
| Wade | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Westmanland | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Wade and Westmanland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Perham’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 Perham: questions
What is the median household income in Perham?
$62,500 (±$22,217) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Perham?
2.5%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Perham?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Perham work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Presque Isle (30%, 18 mi), Caribou (16%, 14 mi), Washburn (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Perham 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 Perham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Perham
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.