Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainMost of Sedgwick commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Sedgwick D; getting around on foot earns it C+. Employers in Sedgwick report 115 jobs; 385 of its residents have a job. Only 5% stay in Sedgwick for work; outside it, Blue Hill is the main destination (14%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sedgwick at work: what stands out
A lot of Sedgwick works one town over
41% of working residents work in a town that borders Sedgwick: Brooklin (14%), Blue Hill (14%) and Brooksville (9%). Next door ↓
Sedgwick is a place people come home to
There are 115 jobs based in Sedgwick, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
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 385 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Sedgwick’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Sedgwick is better than 12% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Sedgwick’s grade up ($70,446, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (1.9%) is left out: Sedgwick’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Sedgwick could be anywhere from D− to C.
How many people are in Sedgwick by day
On a workday 366 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 96 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Sedgwick on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Sedgwick’s working residents head each day
Where Sedgwick clocks in
14% of workers
14% of workers
9% 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.
58% of the jobs in Sedgwick make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sedgwick, 2013 → 2023: 116 → 115. 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 Sedgwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Sedgwick: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sedgwick workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 477 commuters (the 12% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Sedgwick
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Sedgwick start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Sedgwick is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 542 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). 1.4% of Sedgwick households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Sedgwick’s commuters take a bus or train.
Sedgwick next to U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600: 3,413th of 4,312 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 689 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,052 | Georgetown ME | 1,101 | $84K | 6.3% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,115 | South Thomaston ME | 1,520 | $87K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,411 | New Boston Township IL | 1,133 | $48K | 11.0% | 2.7% | 1% | D |
| 3,412 | Marion Township KS | 1,107 | $71K | 17.3% | 2.0% | 8% | D |
| 3,413 | Sedgwick ME | 1,203 | $70K | 16.9% | 1.9% | 5% | D |
| 3,414 | Masonville NY | 1,227 | $59K | 12.2% | 2.9% | 6% | D |
| 3,415 | Constable NY | 1,498 | $62K | 15.6% | 2.1% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Sedgwick, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Next door is work for 41% of Sedgwick
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sedgwick workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sedgwick | – | D | C+ | 23 min | $70,446 |
| Brooksville | 9% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Brooklin | 14% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Blue Hill | 14% | C+ | A− | 21 min | $80,377 |
| Deer Isle | 4% | C− | B | 20 min | $62,284 |
| Penobscot | under 3% | D | B− | 25 min | $63,194 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brooksville and Brooklin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Brooklin. Darker towns draw more of Sedgwick’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 Sedgwick: questions
What is the median household income in Sedgwick?
$70,446 (±$13,593) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sedgwick?
16.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sedgwick?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sedgwick work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Blue Hill (14%, 6 mi), Brooklin (14%, 8 mi), Brooksville (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Sedgwick walkable?
Sedgwick is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Sedgwick without a car?
0% 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 Sedgwick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sedgwick
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.