Thompson's Bridge · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Starks has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
8 jobs are based in Starks, and 274 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Starks; the top destination outside it is Skowhegan (14%, 14 miles). 3% of workers have no commute at all; Maine has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Starks apart
Starks is a place people come home to
There are 8 jobs based in Starks, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Starks has about 370 people in it, 42% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Starks workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Starks workers work from home
Only 3% of workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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; with 274 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in Starks by day
On a workday 274 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 8 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Starks on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Time on the road from Starks: about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Starks workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 261 commuters (the 3% 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.
Where Starks goes to work
Where Starks clocks in
14% of workers
12% of workers
11% 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.
A place that makes things: 63% of Starks’ jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Starks, 2013 → 2023: 2 → 8. 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 Starks’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Starks’ commute, mile by mile
About 27% 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 Starks
The biggest share goes to Madison (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Starks workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starks | – | — | — | 33 min | $63,500 |
| Norridgewock | 3% | C− | D− | 22 min | $61,579 |
| Mercer | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Madison | 4% | C+ | B | 27 min | $61,747 |
| Industry | under 3% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| New Sharon | under 3% | C | C+ | 30 min | $63,889 |
| Anson | under 3% | C− | C+ | 33 min | $52,474 |
Same-state neighbors only. Mercer and Industry: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Starks’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 Starks: questions
What is the median household income in Starks?
$63,500 (±$8,496) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Starks?
19.2%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Starks?
33 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Starks work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Skowhegan (14%, 14 mi), Waterville (12%, 20 mi), Augusta (11%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Starks without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Starks, from the people who make the trip.
More of Starks
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.