Photo: David Wilson · CC BY 2.0Most of Veazie commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
There are 334 jobs in Veazie; 877 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Veazie are B for jobs and income and C for walkability. Only 4% stay in Veazie for work; outside it, Bangor is the main destination (41%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Veazie apart
Much of Veazie works one town over
48% of working residents work in a town that borders Veazie: Bangor (41%) and Brewer (7%). Next door ↓
Most Veazie residents work close to home
71% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
Commutes from Veazie are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 25 across Maine. That’s about 54 hours a year less on the road than the typical Maine worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 877 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Veazie’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Veazie is better than 58% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Veazie’s grade up (7.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 47% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (4.0%) is left out: Veazie’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Veazie could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Where in the region Veazie works
About 16% 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.
Veazie’s commute takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Veazie workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 795 commuters (the 12% 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 Veazie
On a workday 846 residents head out to work, 31 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,300 people are in Veazie 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.
Where Veazie’s working residents head each day
Where Veazie clocks in
41% of workers
10% 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.
Veazie works in goods: 28% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Veazie, 2013 → 2023: 305 → 334. 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 Veazie’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Veazie: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Veazie is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Veazie near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 903 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.1% of Veazie households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Veazie’s commuters take a bus or train.
Veazie next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500: 1,790th of 5,656 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 271 | Dayton ME | 2,182 | $114K | 3.7% | 0.2% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 568 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 22% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 616 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,788 | Greene Township PA | 2,264 | $104K | 9.1% | 4.8% | 8% | B |
| 1,789 | Spring Brook WI | 1,793 | $96K | 10.2% | 3.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,790 | Veazie ME | 1,864 | $78K | 7.5% | 4.0% | 4% | B |
| 1,791 | Bronson Township OH | 1,967 | $69K | 0.3% | 7.6% | 2% | B |
| 1,792 | Clark Township OH | 1,998 | $98K | 8.0% | 3.5% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Veazie, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
48% of Veazie works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Bangor. Darker towns draw more of Veazie’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 Veazie: questions
What is the median household income in Veazie?
$78,229 (±$10,026) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Veazie?
7.5%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Veazie?
18 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Veazie work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bangor (41%, 4 mi), Orono (10%, 3 mi), Brewer (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Veazie walkable?
Veazie is more walkable than 25% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Veazie without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Veazie, from the people who make the trip.
More of Veazie
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.