Moore, Henry D., Parish House and Library · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Steuben has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Steuben has 170 jobs; 400 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Steuben is better than 41% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (C). Only 5% stay in Steuben for work; outside it, Milbridge is the main destination (20%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Steuben
Where Steuben’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Steuben’s grade up (5.4%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.1%) is left out: Steuben’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Steuben could be anywhere from C to B−.
The daily flow of workers through Steuben
On a workday 381 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 151 people come in from elsewhere.
About 950 people are in Steuben on a workday afternoon, 19% 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.
Out of Steuben to work: where people go
Where Steuben clocks in
20% of workers
9% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Steuben: what the 170 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Steuben, 2013 → 2023: 48 → 170. 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 Steuben’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Steuben
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Steuben workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 612 commuters (the 12% 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.
How many miles Steuben commutes
About 22% 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.
Most trips from Steuben start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 694 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.7% of Steuben households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Steuben’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600, Steuben comes 1,867th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 689 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,052 | Georgetown ME | 1,101 | $84K | 6.3% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,115 | South Thomaston ME | 1,520 | $87K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,865 | Minneota MN | 1,357 | $74K | 6.7% | 2.6% | 8% | C+ |
| 1,866 | Washington Township IN | 1,366 | $82K | 11.9% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,867 | Steuben ME | 1,181 | $76K | 5.4% | 4.1% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,868 | Horicon NY | 1,457 | $81K | 6.6% | 6.4% | 7% | C+ |
| 1,869 | Anthony Township PA | 1,472 | $82K | 12.7% | 4.6% | 3% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Steuben, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Steuben and its neighbors: 31% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Steuben workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steuben | – | C+ | C | 28 min | $76,466 |
| Gouldsboro | 2% | C− | D | 36 min | $60,873 |
| Milbridge | 20% | D | B | 18 min | $60,536 |
| Cherryfield | 9% | D− | B | 30 min | $37,115 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Milbridge. Darker towns draw more of Steuben’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 Steuben: questions
What is the median household income in Steuben?
$76,466 (±$4,053) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Steuben?
5.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Steuben?
28 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Steuben work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Milbridge (20%, 4 mi), Cherryfield (9%, 10 mi), Ellsworth (6%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Steuben walkable?
Steuben is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Steuben without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Steuben, from the people who make the trip.
More of Steuben
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.