Days Ferry Historic District · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Woolwich commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Woolwich has 592 jobs, against 1,185 working residents. For jobs and income Woolwich is better than 67% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (C−). Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Woolwich apart
Woolwich makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Woolwich are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Woolwich residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 25%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Woolwich works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Woolwich: Bath (22%), Wiscasset (3%) and Georgetown (3%). Next door ↓
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.
Inside Woolwich’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Woolwich’s grade up (1.8%, U.S. 5.2%); the poverty rate pulls it down (13.3%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Woolwich could be anywhere from C+ to A.
In Woolwich, 44% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woolwich, 2013 → 2023: 502 → 592. 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 Woolwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Woolwich on a workday
On a workday 1,083 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 490 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Woolwich on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
22% of working residents work in Bath
Where Woolwich clocks in
22% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Woolwich’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woolwich workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,322 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Woolwich
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.
For most of Woolwich, work means a drive
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,501 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). 5.5% of Woolwich households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Woolwich’s commuters take a bus or train.
Woolwich is 1,364th of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 764 | Limington ME | 4,173 | $85K | 3.4% | 0.4% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 915 | Orrington ME | 3,912 | $95K | 6.6% | 1.7% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 987 | Kennebunkport ME | 3,717 | $103K | 4.6% | 3.7% | 14% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,362 | Hensley Township IN | 4,086 | $91K | 2.5% | 6.6% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,363 | Highland Falls NY | 3,631 | $111K | 7.2% | 6.6% | 10% | B+ |
| 1,364 | Woolwich ME | 3,287 | $102K | 13.3% | 1.8% | 9% | B+ |
| 1,365 | Winfield Township PA | 3,287 | $91K | 4.1% | 5.7% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,366 | Santa Venetia CA | 3,725 | $127K | 7.8% | 7.5% | 3% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | 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 Woolwich, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Next door is work for 28% of Woolwich
The biggest share goes to Bath (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Woolwich workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woolwich | – | B+ | C− | 29 min | $102,175 |
| Wiscasset | 3% | B | C | 25 min | $71,118 |
| Bath | 22% | C+ | A | 24 min | $69,390 |
| Arrowsic | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Westport Island | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Bowdoinham | under 2% | C+ | C− | 27 min | $108,479 |
| Georgetown | 3% | B | B | 30 min | $84,250 |
| Dresden | under 2% | B− | D | 33 min | $74,844 |
Same-state neighbors only. Arrowsic and Westport Island: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Woolwich’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 Woolwich: questions
What is the median household income in Woolwich?
$102,175 (±$26,064) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woolwich?
13.3%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woolwich?
29 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woolwich work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bath (22%, 4 mi), Brunswick (9%, 11 mi), Portland (7%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Woolwich walkable?
Woolwich is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Woolwich without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Woolwich, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woolwich
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.