Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Sabattus works elsewhere
Only 6% work in Sabattus itself; outside it, Lewiston draws the most (23%, 5 miles). 657 jobs are based in Sabattus for 2,344 working residents. Sabattus grades B for jobs and income and C− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Sabattus apart on work
Sabattus and Lewiston trade workers both ways
Lewiston is the top workplace for Sabattus residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Sabattus come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Sabattus is a place people come home to
There are 657 jobs based in Sabattus, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Sabattus has about 3,700 people in it, 31% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Sabattus 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.
Income, poverty and work: Sabattus’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Sabattus is better than 59% of U.S. towns, #63 of 143 in Maine. Unemployment holds Sabattus’ grade up (1.7%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($59,387, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Sabattus could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
The places Sabattus commutes to
Where Sabattus clocks in
23% of workers
12% of workers
7% 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.
Sabattus quiets down on a workday
On a workday 2,205 residents head out to work, 139 work right here, and 518 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Sabattus 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.
About 30 minutes each way, longer than most of Maine
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sabattus workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,981 commuters (the 21% 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.
What Sabattus’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sabattus, 2013 → 2023: 552 → 657. 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 Sabattus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Sabattus
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 Sabattus, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sabattus is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #114 of 143 in Maine. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Maine.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,522 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). 2.3% of Sabattus households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sabattus’ commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,541 U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300, Sabattus comes 1,593rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 344 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 731 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 758 | Hollis ME | 5,003 | $96K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,591 | Amherst Township OH | 6,870 | $83K | 6.5% | 6.9% | 2% | B |
| 1,592 | North East Township PA | 6,424 | $80K | 9.8% | 2.3% | 15% | B |
| 1,593 | Sabattus ME | 5,397 | $59K | 8.8% | 1.7% | 6% | B |
| 1,594 | Candlewick Lake IL | 5,448 | $86K | 10.0% | 4.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,595 | Rogersville MO | 5,754 | $70K | 10.9% | 2.6% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Sabattus, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Sabattus and its neighbors: 26% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sabattus workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sabattus | – | B | C− | 30 min | $59,387 |
| Wales | under 3% | C− | D | 28 min | $77,004 |
| Lewiston | 23% | C | A | 21 min | $55,393 |
| Greene | under 3% | B+ | D | 26 min | $98,093 |
| Litchfield | under 3% | A− | C | 32 min | $84,904 |
| Lisbon | 3% | A− | C+ | 29 min | $77,819 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lewiston. Darker towns draw more of Sabattus’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 Sabattus: questions
What is the median household income in Sabattus?
$59,387 (±$5,545) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sabattus?
8.8%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sabattus?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sabattus work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lewiston (23%, 5 mi), Auburn (12%, 9 mi), Portland (7%, 32 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sabattus walkable?
Sabattus is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sabattus 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 Sabattus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sabattus
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.