Photo: Unknown photographer · Public domainSearsmont has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Only 5% work in Searsmont itself; outside it, Belfast draws the most (23%, 9 miles). Searsmont has 272 jobs; 581 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Searsmont is better than 50% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Searsmont
The poverty rate holds Searsmont’s grade up (6.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.4%) is left out: Searsmont’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Searsmont could be anywhere from C− to B+.
How a workday changes Searsmont
On a workday 554 residents head out to work, 27 work right here, and 245 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Searsmont on a workday afternoon, 21% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Searsmont goes to work
Where Searsmont clocks in
23% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Searsmont makes things: 73% of its jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Searsmont, 2014 → 2024: 171 → 272. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Searsmont’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Searsmont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Searsmont workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 733 commuters (the 16% 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.
Half of Searsmont commutes less than 17 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Driving is how Searsmont gets around
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Maine, on an EPA index of 4.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 876 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). 0.3% of Searsmont households have no vehicle (Maine 6.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Searsmont’s commuters take a bus or train.
2,228th of 6,308: where Searsmont ranks among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 515 | Ogunquit ME | 1,606 | $114K | 3.2% | 0.0% | 24% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 556 | Pownal ME | 1,645 | $104K | 5.5% | 0.7% | 1% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 614 | Newcastle ME | 1,915 | $90K | 3.5% | 0.0% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,226 | Smithfield Township IN | 1,750 | $64K | 6.8% | 1.2% | 8% | B− |
| 2,227 | Millgrove Township IN | 1,601 | $66K | 5.0% | 0.0% | 3% | B− |
| 2,228 | Searsmont ME | 1,484 | $87K | 6.6% | 3.4% | 5% | B− |
| 2,229 | Jackson Township MN | 1,647 | $69K | 17.6% | 0.9% | <1% | B− |
| 2,230 | Derry Township PA | 1,075 | $83K | 11.2% | 3.1% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Searsmont, the top three, the last and three more from Maine.
Next door to Searsmont
The biggest share goes to Montville (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Searsmont workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Searsmont | – | B− | B− | 25 min | $87,000 |
| Lincolnville | under 3% | C | B | 20 min | $81,928 |
| Appleton | under 3% | C− | D | 30 min | $53,618 |
| Morrill | under 3% | C+ | C | 29 min | $74,250 |
| Belmont | under 3% | C+ | C− | 24 min | $61,250 |
| Montville | 2% | C− | C− | 27 min | $65,735 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Searsmont’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 2024, 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 Searsmont: questions
What is the median household income in Searsmont?
$87,000 (±$20,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Searsmont?
6.6%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Searsmont?
25 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Searsmont work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Belfast (23%, 9 mi), Augusta (5%, 27 mi), Rockport (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Searsmont walkable?
Searsmont is more walkable than 49% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Searsmont without a car?
<1% 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 Searsmont, from the people who make the trip.
More of Searsmont
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.