With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Topsfield works elsewhere
Employers in Topsfield report 5 jobs, against 51 working residents. Hardly any work in Topsfield itself; outside it, Danforth draws the most (12%, 14 miles). For 5% of workers, the job is at home, 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
The daily flow of workers through Topsfield
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Topsfield on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
Commuting out of Topsfield: the destinations
Where Topsfield clocks in
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Topsfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Topsfield, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 5. 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 Topsfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 34 minutes each way for Topsfield’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Topsfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 75 commuters (the 5% 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.
Topsfield’s commute, mile by mile
About 55% 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.
Next door to Topsfield
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Topsfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Topsfield | – | — | — | 34 min | $48,125 |
| Talmadge | under 4% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Talmadge: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Topsfield’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 Topsfield: questions
What is the median household income in Topsfield?
$48,125 (±$15,692) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Topsfield?
13.1%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Topsfield?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Topsfield work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danforth (12%, 14 mi), Bangor (10%, 65 mi), Calais (6%, 34 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Topsfield 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 Topsfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Topsfield
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.