Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Steep Falls works elsewhere
Only 1% work in Steep Falls; the top destination outside it is Portland (20%, 24 miles). 43 jobs are based in Steep Falls for 650 working residents. 4% of workers have no commute at all (Maine 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Steep Falls, in brief
Steep Falls is a place people come home to
There are 43 jobs based in Steep Falls, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Steep Falls has about 1,300 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Steep Falls’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Steep Falls is Portland, 24 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (133) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Few Steep Falls workers work from home
Only 4% 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 650 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The daily flow of workers through Steep Falls
On a workday 643 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Steep Falls on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
How far Steep Falls’ workers travel
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.
Time on the road from Steep Falls: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Steep Falls workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 842 commuters (the 4% 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.
Commuting out of Steep Falls: the destinations
Where Steep Falls clocks in
20% 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.
Steep Falls makes things: 35% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Steep Falls, 2013 → 2023: 86 → 43. 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 Steep Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Steep Falls and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Steep Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steep Falls | – | — | — | 31 min | $80,280 |
| Limington | under 3% | A− | D | 35 min | $84,675 |
| Baldwin | under 3% | C | D− | 32 min | $68,045 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Steep Falls’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 Steep Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Steep Falls?
$80,280 (±$32,932) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Steep Falls?
7.2%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Steep Falls?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Steep Falls work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (20%, 24 mi), Scarborough (9%, 21 mi), Westbrook (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Steep Falls without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Steep Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Steep Falls
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.