Wade has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each
Employers in Wade report 3 jobs; 93 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Wade itself; outside it, Presque Isle draws the most (33%, 14 miles). Working residents average 34 minutes each way; Maine averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Wade
On a workday 93 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Wade 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.
Where Wade goes to work
Where Wade clocks in
33% of workers
17% of workers
5% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 100% of the jobs in Wade
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wade, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 3. 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 Wade’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Wade: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wade workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 80 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.
The commute from Wade, by distance
About 23% 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.
The towns around Wade
The biggest share goes to Washburn (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wade workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wade | – | — | — | 34 min | $41,818 |
| Castle Hill | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Perham | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Washburn | 5% | D | C− | 21 min | $56,196 |
Same-state neighbors only. Castle Hill and Perham: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wade’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 Wade: questions
What is the median household income in Wade?
$41,818 (±$24,902) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wade?
4.2%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wade?
34 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wade work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Presque Isle (33%, 14 mi), Caribou (17%, 15 mi), Washburn (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wade 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 Wade, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wade
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.