For about half of its working residents, St. Francis is a commute to Fort Kent
Commuters spend 48 minutes getting to work on average; the Maine average is 25, the U.S. 26. 7% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Maine as a whole. Only 1% work in St. Francis itself; outside it, Fort Kent draws the most (45%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves St. Francis for work, and who comes in
On a workday 140 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere.
About 330 people are in St. Francis on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.31 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 St. Francis to work: where people go
Where St. Francis clocks in
45% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 68% of the jobs in St. Francis
44 jobs are based in St. Francis.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Francis, 2013 → 2023: 41 → 44. 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 St. Francis’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From St. Francis, about 48 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Francis workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 commuters (the 7% 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.
The commute from St. Francis, by distance
About 26% 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.
Work in the towns next to St. Francis
The biggest share goes to St. John plantation (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Francis workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Francis | – | — | — | 48 min | $32,188 |
| Allagash | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| St. John plantation | 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Allagash and St. John plantation: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Francis’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 St. Francis: questions
What is the median household income in St. Francis?
$32,188 (±$14,812) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Francis?
18.8%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Francis?
48 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Francis work?
1% work in town.
Can you get around St. Francis without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Francis, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Francis
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.