Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Stow has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Hardly any work in Stow; the top destination outside it is Conway (11%, 14 miles). Stow has 66 jobs; 204 of its residents have a job. The trip to work takes 51 minutes on average (Maine 25, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Stow
About 51 minutes each way, longer than most of Maine
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stow workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 233 commuters (the 18% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Stow
On a workday 202 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Stow on a workday afternoon, 31% 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.
Where people from Stow work
Where Stow clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
Stow is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stow, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 66. 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 Stow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Stow to work
About 26% 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 next door: 10% of Stow’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stow workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stow | – | — | — | 51 min | $42,204 |
| Lovell | under 3% | C | C+ | 31 min | $80,625 |
| Fryeburg | 10% | C | B+ | 20 min | $56,076 |
| Stoneham | under 3% | — | — | 29 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Stoneham: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fryeburg. Darker towns draw more of Stow’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 Stow: questions
What is the median household income in Stow?
$42,204 (±$21,648) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stow?
8.1%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stow?
51 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stow work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Conway (11%, 14 mi), Fryeburg (10%, 11 mi), Bethel (9%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stow
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.