Hathaway Barn · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Willimantic has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Only 2% work in Willimantic; the top destination outside it is Dover-Foxcroft (17%, 12 miles). Willimantic has 11 jobs; 52 of its residents have a job. Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average; Maine averages 25, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Willimantic
On a workday 51 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 95 people are in Willimantic on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Out of Willimantic to work: where people go
Where Willimantic clocks in
17% of workers
10% of workers
10% 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.
Willimantic works in goods: 100% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Willimantic’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Willimantic takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willimantic workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 50 commuters (the 14% 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 commute from Willimantic, by distance
About 29% 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.
16% of Willimantic works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Guilford (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Willimantic workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willimantic | – | — | — | 23 min | $63,472 |
| Monson | 6% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Bowerbank | under 2% | — | — | 48 min | — |
| Guilford | 10% | D | C+ | 19 min | $53,173 |
Same-state neighbors only. Monson and Bowerbank: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Willimantic’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 Willimantic: questions
What is the median household income in Willimantic?
$63,472 (±$51,992) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willimantic?
32.5%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willimantic?
23 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willimantic work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover-Foxcroft (17%, 12 mi), Greenville (10%, 14 mi), Guilford (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Willimantic without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Willimantic, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willimantic
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.