Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Upton has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The trip to work takes 24 minutes on average, where Maine has 25 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Upton report 10 jobs; 20 of its residents have a job. Only 5% work in Upton itself; outside it, Paris draws the most (10%, 41 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Upton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 19 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 9 people come in from elsewhere.
About 59 people are in Upton on a workday afternoon, 14% 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 Upton to work: where people go
Where Upton clocks in
10% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Most jobs in Upton are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Upton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 24 minutes in Upton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Upton workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 20 commuters (the 13% 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.
Half of Upton commutes less than 40 miles
About 50% 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.
Upton and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Upton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upton | – | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Upton’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 Upton: questions
What is the poverty rate in Upton?
0.0%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Upton?
24 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Upton work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Paris (10%, 41 mi), Newry (10%, 16 mi), Bethel (10%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Upton 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 Upton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Upton
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.