Steep Falls Library · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Standish works elsewhere
Employers in Standish report 1,885 jobs, against 5,096 working residents. Standish grades A− for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Standish
How Standish earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Standish is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #23 of 143 in Maine. Household income holds Standish’s grade up ($104,593, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 45% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Standish could be anywhere from B to A.
Where in the region Standish works
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.
In and out of Standish on a workday
On a workday 4,683 residents head out to work, 413 work right here, and 1,472 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,800 people are in Standish on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
22% of working residents work in Portland
Where Standish clocks in
22% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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 Standish
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Standish, 2013 → 2023: 1,733 → 1,885. 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 Standish’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Standish
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Standish workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,334 commuters (the 14% 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.
In Standish, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Standish is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #58 of 143 in Maine. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,173 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.1% of Standish households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Standish’s commuters take a bus or train.
878th of 2,507: where Standish ranks among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Cumberland ME | 8,876 | $174K | 3.1% | 0.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 165 | Falmouth ME | 12,982 | $151K | 2.3% | 2.7% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 299 | Cape Elizabeth ME | 9,827 | $146K | 5.2% | 2.5% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 876 | Brandermill VA | 13,730 | $107K | 7.8% | 4.6% | 5% | A− |
| 877 | Indian Harbour Beach FL | 8,914 | $97K | 10.2% | 1.8% | 5% | A− |
| 878 | Standish ME | 11,000 | $105K | 7.3% | 2.4% | 8% | A− |
| 879 | Maynard MA | 10,703 | $124K | 8.3% | 5.5% | 7% | A− |
| 880 | Liberty Township OH | 8,680 | $100K | 8.4% | 3.8% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Standish, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
The towns next door employ 13% of Standish
The biggest share goes to Gorham (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Standish workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standish | – | A− | B− | 29 min | $104,593 |
| Limington | under 3% | A− | D | 35 min | $84,675 |
| Windham | 4% | A | B | 26 min | $107,934 |
| North Windham | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Hollis | under 3% | A− | C | 29 min | $95,950 |
| Gorham | 6% | A | A− | 27 min | $112,312 |
| Raymond | under 3% | B+ | B | 37 min | $88,194 |
| Sebago | under 3% | C− | D | 37 min | $78,438 |
| Buxton | 3% | A | C | 34 min | $100,144 |
| Baldwin | under 3% | C | D− | 32 min | $68,045 |
Same-state neighbors only. North Windham: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Standish’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 Standish: questions
What is the median household income in Standish?
$104,593 (±$14,875) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Standish?
7.3%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Standish?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Standish work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (22%, 22 mi), Westbrook (9%, 12 mi), South Portland (8%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Standish walkable?
Standish is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Standish without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Standish, from the people who make the trip.
More of Standish
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.