Photo: Smcpike · CC BY-SA 4.0How Waite works: jobs, income and commuting
0% of workers have no commute at all; Maine has 16%. Hardly any work in Waite itself; outside it, Danforth draws the most (20%, 23 miles). Waite has 15 working residents in the Census job records, and no jobs of its own there.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Waite: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 0 people come in from elsewhere.
About 50 people are in Waite on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.00 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 Waite goes to work
Where Waite clocks in
7% 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.
Working from home in Waite
of Waite workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 24 commuters (the 0% 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 Waite commutes less than 44 miles
About 40% 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.
Around Waite: the bordering towns
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waite workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waite | – | — | — | — | $53,750 |
| Talmadge | under 7% | — | — | — | — |
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 Waite’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 Waite: questions
What is the median household income in Waite?
$53,750 (±$49,765) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waite?
14.8%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Waite work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danforth (20%, 23 mi), Portland (7%, 173 mi), Calais (7%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Waite without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 20% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waite, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waite
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.