Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Stacyville
There are 101 jobs in Stacyville for 135 working residents. Working from home is the commute for 23% of workers; Maine has 16%. At 25 minutes each way, commutes from Stacyville run about the Maine average.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stacyville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 125 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
0.75 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 2024, primary jobs.
15% of working residents work in Patten
Where Stacyville clocks in
15% of workers
10% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Stacyville
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stacyville, 2014 → 2024: 104 → 101. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stacyville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Stacyville takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stacyville workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 144 commuters (the 23% 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 Stacyville
About 41% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Stacyville and its neighbors: 15% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stacyville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stacyville | – | — | — | 25 min | $54,583 |
| Sherman | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Patten | 15% | — | — | 28 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sherman: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Patten: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Patten. Darker towns draw more of Stacyville’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 2024, 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 Stacyville: questions
What is the median household income in Stacyville?
$54,583 (±$26,014) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stacyville?
11.6%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stacyville?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stacyville work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Patten (15%, 7 mi), Bangor (10%, 75 mi), Houlton (9%, 36 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Stacyville 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 Stacyville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stacyville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.