Androscoggin Yacht Club · Photo: RonG58 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Wayne commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
94 jobs are based in Wayne for 491 working residents. Wayne grades B for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 4% work in Wayne; the top destination outside it is Augusta (19%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Wayne
Wayne is a place people come home to
There are 94 jobs based in Wayne, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wayne has about 770 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Wayne works from home
26% of Wayne workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Time on the road ↓
Wayne workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 25 across Maine. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 491 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Wayne’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Wayne is better than 57% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Wayne’s grade up ($93,194, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.3%) is left out: Wayne’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Wayne could be anywhere from C to A−.
A workday in Wayne: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 472 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 770 people are in Wayne on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
Each way, about 30 minutes from Wayne
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wayne workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 420 commuters (the 26% 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 towns that employ Wayne’s residents
Where Wayne clocks in
19% of workers
9% 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 Wayne: what the 94 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wayne, 2013 → 2023: 205 → 94. 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 Wayne’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Wayne
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.
Driving is how Wayne gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wayne is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 569 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). 0.6% of Wayne households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wayne’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,172nd of 4,312: where Wayne ranks among U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 689 | Edgecomb ME | 1,214 | $109K | 5.6% | 3.1% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,052 | Georgetown ME | 1,101 | $84K | 6.3% | 3.5% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,115 | South Thomaston ME | 1,520 | $87K | 4.2% | 0.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 1,170 | Redfield AR | 1,492 | $72K | 8.3% | 3.0% | 2% | B |
| 1,171 | Eden Township IL | 1,356 | $82K | 6.9% | 3.8% | 1% | B |
| 1,172 | Wayne ME | 1,167 | $93K | 7.9% | 1.3% | 4% | B |
| 1,173 | Barker Ten Mile NC | 1,156 | $67K | 6.0% | 2.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,174 | Oak Grove Heights AR | 1,195 | $82K | 7.4% | 0.9% | <1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Wayne, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Wayne and its neighbors: 16% work next door
The biggest share goes to Winthrop (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wayne workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne | – | B | C+ | 30 min | $93,194 |
| Winthrop | 9% | B− | C+ | 35 min | $86,470 |
| Leeds | under 3% | B− | D | 34 min | $85,208 |
| Readfield | 4% | B− | B | 30 min | $86,504 |
| Livermore Falls | under 3% | D | C | 36 min | $45,843 |
| Monmouth | under 3% | B | C− | 30 min | $74,648 |
| Fayette | 3% | C− | B | 33 min | $59,500 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wayne’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 Wayne: questions
What is the median household income in Wayne?
$93,194 (±$25,940) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wayne?
7.9%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wayne?
30 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wayne work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Augusta (19%, 16 mi), Winthrop (9%, 6 mi), Lewiston (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wayne walkable?
Wayne is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wayne 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 Wayne, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wayne
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.