Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Sweden commutes out: there are 0.0 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Sweden; the top destination outside it is Lovell (10%, 6 miles). 4 jobs are based in Sweden; 168 of its residents have a job. 10% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Maine as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Sweden, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 168 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 4 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Sweden on a workday afternoon, 39% 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.
The towns that employ Sweden’s residents
Where Sweden clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
Sweden makes things: 50% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sweden, 2013 → 2023: 65 → 4. 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 Sweden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way, longer than most of Maine
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sweden workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 228 commuters (the 10% 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 far Sweden goes to work
About 20% 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.
Bordering towns draw 23% of Sweden’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Lovell. Darker towns draw more of Sweden’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 Sweden: questions
What is the median household income in Sweden?
$73,750 (±$24,736) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sweden?
14.7%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sweden?
31 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sweden work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lovell (10%, 6 mi), Conway (8%, 15 mi), Fryeburg (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sweden 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 Sweden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sweden
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.