North Waterford Congregational Church · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Stoneham has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Stoneham has 36 jobs, and 117 of its residents work somewhere. Only 4% work in Stoneham; the top destination outside it is Conway (12%, 20 miles). Home is the office for 41% of workers (Maine 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Stoneham, and who commutes in
On a workday 112 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Stoneham 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.
Out of Stoneham to work: where people go
Where Stoneham clocks in
12% 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.
Goods, not services: 47% of the jobs in Stoneham
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stoneham, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 36. 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 Stoneham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 29 minutes in Stoneham
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stoneham workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 commuters (the 41% 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.
Miles to work from Stoneham
About 28% 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.
Stoneham and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Stow (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stoneham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stoneham | – | — | — | 29 min | $63,750 |
| Waterford | under 3% | D | C− | 34 min | $66,071 |
| Lovell | under 3% | C | C+ | 31 min | $80,625 |
| Stow | 3% | — | — | 51 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stow: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stoneham’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 Stoneham: questions
What is the median household income in Stoneham?
$63,750 (±$27,265) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stoneham?
7.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stoneham?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 41% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stoneham work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conway (12%, 20 mi), Fryeburg (9%, 16 mi), Bethel (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stoneham without a car?
3% 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 Stoneham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stoneham
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.