Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainRoxbury has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Maine as a whole has 16%. Roxbury has 14 jobs, against 136 working residents. Hardly any stay in Roxbury for work; outside it, Rumford is the main destination (23%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Roxbury
On a workday 136 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Roxbury on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 Roxbury to work: where people go
Where Roxbury clocks in
23% of workers
4% 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.
The kinds of work in Roxbury
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roxbury, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 14. 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 Roxbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Roxbury spends getting to work: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roxbury workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 110 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.
How far Roxbury’s workers travel
About 25% 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.
37% of Roxbury works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roxbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roxbury | – | — | — | 29 min | $51,667 |
| Weld | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Mexico | 14% | C− | A− | 24 min | $55,727 |
| Byron | under 3% | — | — | 43 min | — |
| Andover | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Rumford | 23% | D | B+ | 21 min | $38,403 |
Same-state neighbors only. Weld, Byron and Andover: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rumford. Darker towns draw more of Roxbury’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 Roxbury: questions
What is the median household income in Roxbury?
$51,667 (±$34,176) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roxbury?
13.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roxbury?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roxbury work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rumford (23%, 7 mi), Mexico (14%, 9 mi), Portland (4%, 74 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Roxbury 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 Roxbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roxbury
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.