Wallagrass has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any work in Wallagrass itself; outside it, Fort Kent draws the most (35%, 6 miles). 24 jobs are based in Wallagrass for 169 working residents. 8% of workers work from home; Maine has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Wallagrass: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 169 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 24 people come in from elsewhere.
About 370 people are in Wallagrass on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Wallagrass goes to work
Where Wallagrass clocks in
35% 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: 71% of the jobs in Wallagrass
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wallagrass, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 24. 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 Wallagrass’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 25 minutes each way for Wallagrass’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wallagrass workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 177 commuters (the 8% 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.
Wallagrass’ commute, mile by mile
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.
50% of Wallagrass works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wallagrass workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallagrass | – | — | — | 25 min | $48,833 |
| New Canada | 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Eagle Lake | 5% | — | — | 35 min | — |
| St. John plantation | 8% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Fort Kent | 35% | C | B+ | 18 min | $56,270 |
Same-state neighbors only. New Canada, Eagle Lake and St. John plantation: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Fort Kent. Darker towns draw more of Wallagrass’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 Wallagrass: questions
What is the median household income in Wallagrass?
$48,833 (±$5,290) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wallagrass?
3.5%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wallagrass?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wallagrass work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Kent (35%, 6 mi), St. John plantation (8%, 6 mi), Bangor (5%, 161 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wallagrass without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wallagrass, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wallagrass
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.