German Church and Cemetery · Public domainAt 0.7%, unemployment in Waldoboro is lower than in 96% of U.S. towns
7% of workers work from home, where Maine as a whole has 16%. The two grades for Waldoboro are B− for jobs and income and C− for walkability. About one in seven stay in Waldoboro for work; outside it, Rockland is the main destination (9%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Waldoboro
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Waldoboro is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #77 of 143 in Maine. Unemployment holds Waldoboro’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Waldoboro could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Waldoboro
On a workday 1,770 residents head out to work, 284 work right here, and 804 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,400 people are in Waldoboro on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.53 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 people from Waldoboro work
Where Waldoboro clocks in
9% of workers
6% 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.
Jobs in Waldoboro: what the 1,088 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waldoboro, 2013 → 2023: 1,001 → 1,088. 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 Waldoboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Waldoboro: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waldoboro workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,509 commuters (the 7% 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 distance from Waldoboro to work
About 20% 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 commute in Waldoboro is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Waldoboro is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #105 of 143 in Maine. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Maine.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,687 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). 10.6% of Waldoboro households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Waldoboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
Waldoboro places 1,909th of 3,651 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 358 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 758 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 785 | Hollis ME | 5,003 | $96K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,907 | Lawrenceburg IN | 5,243 | $51K | 13.5% | 1.6% | 21% | B− |
| 1,908 | Wingate NC | 4,628 | $63K | 17.0% | 5.7% | 3% | B− |
| 1,909 | Waldoboro ME | 5,324 | $69K | 9.6% | 0.7% | 14% | B− |
| 1,910 | Granby NY | 6,528 | $79K | 13.8% | 3.1% | 3% | B− |
| 1,911 | Auburn IL | 4,442 | $81K | 8.1% | 5.2% | 10% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Waldoboro, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Waldoboro and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Warren (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waldoboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waldoboro | – | B− | C− | 25 min | $69,107 |
| Friendship | under 3% | C | C+ | 25 min | $75,625 |
| Nobleboro | under 3% | B− | C+ | 20 min | $100,417 |
| Bremen | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Warren | 6% | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $74,616 |
| Jefferson | under 3% | B− | C+ | 30 min | $85,078 |
| Damariscotta | 6% | C− | B | 23 min | $59,423 |
| Union | under 3% | C+ | B− | 29 min | $80,724 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bremen: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waldoboro’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 Waldoboro: questions
What is the median household income in Waldoboro?
$69,107 (±$8,160) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waldoboro?
9.6%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waldoboro?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waldoboro work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockland (9%, 12 mi), Damariscotta (6%, 9 mi), Warren (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Waldoboro walkable?
Waldoboro is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Waldoboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waldoboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waldoboro
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.