Capt. Joel Whitney House · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Phillips has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Phillips has 106 jobs, and 397 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Phillips; the top destination outside it is Rangeley (10%, 20 miles). The average commute takes 23 minutes each way; Maine averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Phillips: the figures worth knowing
Phillips is a place people come home to
There are 106 jobs based in Phillips, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Phillips has about 650 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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 397 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Phillips by day
On a workday 382 residents head out to work, 15 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 650 people are in Phillips on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where in the region Phillips works
About 30% 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.
Where people from Phillips work
Where Phillips clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Phillips: what the 106 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Phillips, 2013 → 2023: 111 → 106. 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 Phillips’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Phillips: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Phillips workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 337 commuters (the 17% 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.
How Phillips compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Phillips workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phillips | – | — | — | 23 min | $45,385 |
| Avon | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Avon: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Phillips’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 Phillips: questions
What is the median household income in Phillips?
$45,385 (±$12,057) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Phillips?
17.7%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Phillips?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Phillips work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rangeley (10%, 20 mi), Rumford (8%, 23 mi), Augusta (6%, 47 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Phillips 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 Phillips, from the people who make the trip.
More of Phillips
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.