Photo: Public domain · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Warren (0.6%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average; the Maine average is 25, the U.S. 26. Warren grades B+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. About one in seven work in Warren itself; outside it, Rockland draws the most (18%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Warren
The figures behind Warren’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Warren is better than 67% of U.S. towns, #49 of 143 in Maine. Unemployment holds Warren’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 24% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Warren could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
A workday in Warren: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 1,513 residents head out to work, 242 work right here, and 936 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,500 people are in Warren on a workday afternoon, 11% fewer than live here.
0.67 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 Warren’s working residents head each day
Where Warren clocks in
18% of workers
12% 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.
Making and building: 29% of jobs based in Warren
1,178 jobs are based in Warren.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Warren, 2013 → 2023: 1,369 → 1,178. 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 Warren’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Warren’s commute takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Warren workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,150 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.
How far it is to work from Warren
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.
In Warren, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Warren is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns, #76 of 143 in Maine. Both inputs place Warren 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 2,432 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). 2.0% of Warren households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Warren’s commuters take a bus or train.
Warren next to U.S. towns of 3,600 to 6,900: 1,330th of 3,627 on jobs and income
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 348 | North Yarmouth ME | 4,424 | $129K | 4.8% | 1.9% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 731 | Arundel ME | 4,596 | $102K | 5.9% | 3.0% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 759 | Hollis ME | 5,003 | $96K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,328 | Beaver Township OH | 6,601 | $97K | 8.3% | 4.7% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,329 | University Center VA | 3,923 | $121K | 13.1% | 5.6% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,330 | Warren ME | 5,099 | $75K | 6.0% | 0.6% | 14% | B+ |
| 1,331 | Taymouth Township MI | 4,037 | $82K | 2.4% | 5.1% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,332 | Homer NY | 6,077 | $74K | 6.3% | 2.1% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,627 | 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 Warren, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Next door is work for 39% of Warren
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Warren workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | – | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $74,616 |
| Thomaston | 4% | C+ | C | 14 min | $56,435 |
| Waldoboro | 5% | B− | C− | 25 min | $69,107 |
| Cushing | under 3% | C+ | C− | 23 min | $83,500 |
| Union | under 3% | C+ | B− | 29 min | $80,724 |
| Rockport | 12% | B− | B | 11 min | $86,979 |
| Rockland | 18% | C− | A | 12 min | $56,533 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rockland. Darker towns draw more of Warren’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 Warren: questions
What is the median household income in Warren?
$74,616 (±$20,820) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Warren?
6.0%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Warren?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Warren work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rockland (18%, 6 mi), Rockport (12%, 8 mi), Waldoboro (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Warren walkable?
Warren is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Warren without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Warren, from the people who make the trip.
More of Warren
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.