Work & commute · Stow

Work & commute in Stow, ME

Most working residents leave Stow for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Conway (11%), Fryeburg (10%) and Bethel (9%). Half commute less than 24 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 204 working residents

Typical commute

24 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

51 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 202 Stow residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stow.

202live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stow goes to work

Conway, NH14.3 mi away

11%22

Fryeburg11.1 mi away

10%20

Bethel20.1 mi away

9%18

Lewiston40.4 mi away

7%15

Portland55.5 mi away

3%7

Augusta61.9 mi away

3%7

Paris24 mi away

3%7

Norway18 mi away

3%6

Rumford30.1 mi away

3%6

South Portland52.1 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%91

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Stow commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

43%

22%

26%

9%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stow is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.32 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stow are

66 jobs are based in Stow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stow

66 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Stow residents hold

204 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+16%

Jobs based in Stow, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 66. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.