Photo: Beyond My Ken · CC BY-SA 4.0Petersburgh has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Petersburgh report 221 jobs, against 598 working residents. For jobs and income Petersburgh is better than 52% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D). About one in ten work in Petersburgh itself; outside it, Bennington draws the most (10%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Income, poverty and work: Petersburgh’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds Petersburgh’s grade up (5.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Petersburgh’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, Petersburgh could be anywhere from C to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Petersburgh
On a workday 535 residents head out to work, 63 work right here, and 158 people come in from elsewhere.
About 990 people are in Petersburgh on a workday afternoon, 28% 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 Petersburgh to work: where people go
Where Petersburgh clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
Petersburgh works in goods: 88% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Petersburgh, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 221. 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 Petersburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Petersburgh: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Petersburgh workers work from home, vs 15% across New York. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 626 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across New York: 57% drive alone, 25% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far it is to work from Petersburgh
About 16% 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.
Petersburgh is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 32.9% across New York, on an EPA index of 2.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 683 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Petersburgh households have no vehicle (New York 29.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Petersburgh’s commuters take a bus or train.
Petersburgh places 1,733rd of 5,400 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
| 4 | Saddle Rock NY | 1,008 | $176K | 0.8% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,731 | Garden City MO | 1,617 | $65K | 5.0% | 3.8% | 3% | B− |
| 1,732 | Fairchilds TX | 1,060 | $69K | 13.9% | 6.7% | 0% | B− |
| 1,733 | Petersburgh NY | 1,369 | $78K | 5.0% | 3.6% | 11% | B− |
| 1,734 | Big Spring Township OH | 1,663 | $74K | 5.8% | 1.0% | 7% | B− |
| 1,735 | Washington Township PA | 1,311 | $100K | 7.6% | 4.3% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Petersburgh, the top three, the last and three more from New York.
21% of Petersburgh works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Petersburgh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petersburgh | – | B− | D | 30 min | $77,692 |
| Berlin | 5% | B | C | 33 min | $80,313 |
| Grafton | under 4% | B− | D− | 33 min | $100,809 |
| Hoosick | 6% | C+ | B | 32 min | $63,372 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bennington. Darker towns draw more of Petersburgh’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 Petersburgh: questions
What is the median household income in Petersburgh?
$77,692 (±$15,341) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $85,974 across New York and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Petersburgh?
5.0%, against 14.0% across New York and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Petersburgh?
30 minutes each way on average, against 33 across New York and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Petersburgh work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bennington (10%, 9 mi), Colonie (7%, 24 mi), Hoosick (6%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Petersburgh walkable?
Petersburgh is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 2.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Petersburgh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Petersburgh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Petersburgh
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.