Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainReadfield has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Readfield has 656 jobs, against 1,177 working residents. For jobs and income Readfield is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (B). 24% of workers work from home, where Maine as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Readfield, in brief
Readfield has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Readfield went from 397 in 2013 to 656 in 2023, +65%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Readfield works from home
24% of Readfield workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Time on the road ↓
29% of Readfield works in Augusta
338 working residents, 29%, have their main job in Augusta, 11 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in Readfield itself. The commute map ↓
Readfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Where Readfield’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Readfield’s grade up (5.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (6.3%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Readfield could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Jobs in Readfield: what the 656 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Readfield, 2013 → 2023: 397 → 656. 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 Readfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Readfield, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Readfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,003 commuters (the 24% 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.
29% of working residents work in Augusta
Where Readfield clocks in
29% of workers
6% of workers
3% 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.
How many people are in Readfield by day
On a workday 1,048 residents head out to work, 129 work right here, and 527 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Readfield on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Readfield’s commute, mile by mile
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.
For most of Readfield, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 5.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,325 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). 1.3% of Readfield households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Readfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Readfield is 2,215th among 4,969 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,700
| # | 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 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 298 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 761 | Newcastle ME | 1,915 | $90K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 765 | West Bath ME | 1,970 | $103K | 3.2% | 3.5% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,213 | Spring Brook Township PA | 2,817 | $70K | 6.0% | 5.3% | 3% | B− |
| 2,214 | Brackenridge PA | 3,093 | $50K | 15.1% | 1.9% | 2% | B− |
| 2,215 | Readfield ME | 2,730 | $87K | 5.0% | 6.3% | 11% | B− |
| 2,216 | Casnovia Township MI | 2,825 | $83K | 9.1% | 5.1% | 2% | B− |
| 2,217 | West Bloomfield NY | 2,723 | $61K | 7.6% | 4.3% | 3% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,969 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Readfield, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Next door to Readfield
The biggest share goes to Winthrop (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Readfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readfield | – | B− | B | 30 min | $86,504 |
| Fayette | under 3% | C− | B | 33 min | $59,500 |
| Mount Vernon | under 3% | C+ | D | 32 min | $74,395 |
| Manchester | 3% | B+ | C | 20 min | $92,031 |
| Wayne | under 3% | B | C+ | 30 min | $93,194 |
| Winthrop | 6% | B− | C+ | 35 min | $86,470 |
| Belgrade | under 3% | B− | D | 23 min | $88,338 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Readfield’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 Readfield: questions
What is the median household income in Readfield?
$86,504 (±$7,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Readfield?
5.0%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Readfield?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Readfield work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (29%, 11 mi), Winthrop (6%, 5 mi), Lewiston (3%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Readfield walkable?
Readfield is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Readfield without a car?
1% 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 Readfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Readfield
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.