Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Brookfield has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
At home: 27% of workers have no commute at all (Vermont 17%). Brookfield has 209 jobs; 501 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Brookfield B; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Brookfield stands out on work
Brookfield and Randolph trade workers both ways
Randolph is the top workplace for Brookfield residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Brookfield come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Brookfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 24 across Vermont. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (21 to 30 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Home offices are common in Brookfield
27% of Brookfield workers work from home, against 17% across Vermont. Time on the road ↓
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; with 501 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Brookfield’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Brookfield is better than 58% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Brookfield’s grade up ($98,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 18% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Brookfield’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Brookfield could be anywhere from C to A−.
23% of working residents work in Randolph
Where Brookfield clocks in
23% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Each way, about 37 minutes from Brookfield
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Brookfield workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 627 commuters (the 27% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Brookfield
On a workday 478 residents head out to work, 23 work right here, and 186 people come in from elsewhere.
About 980 people are in Brookfield on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
80% of the jobs in Brookfield make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Brookfield, 2013 → 2023: 146 → 209. 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 Brookfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Brookfield commutes
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.
Most trips from Brookfield start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Brookfield is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Brookfield near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 862 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). 2.4% of Brookfield households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Brookfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,298th of 4,866: where Brookfield ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
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| 529 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 679 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 873 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,296 | Berlin NY | 1,695 | $80K | 6.6% | 2.2% | 14% | B |
| 1,297 | Little Beaver Township PA | 1,192 | $61K | 5.4% | 3.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,298 | Brookfield VT | 1,276 | $99K | 6.3% | 0.0% | 5% | B |
| 1,299 | Forestville WI | 1,056 | $81K | 4.5% | 0.7% | 1% | B |
| 1,300 | Edinburg IL | 1,055 | $90K | 10.3% | 7.5% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | 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 Brookfield, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
23% of Brookfield works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Brookfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brookfield | – | B | D | 37 min | $98,500 |
| Randolph | 23% | B | A | 21 min | $76,758 |
| Braintree | under 3% | C | C | 26 min | $79,803 |
| Chelsea | under 3% | D | B | 30 min | $65,913 |
| Roxbury | under 3% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Roxbury: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Randolph. Darker towns draw more of Brookfield’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 Brookfield: questions
What is the median household income in Brookfield?
$98,500 (±$22,893) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Brookfield?
6.3%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Brookfield?
37 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Brookfield work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Randolph (23%, 7 mi), Montpelier (7%, 17 mi), Hartford (5%, 27 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Brookfield walkable?
Brookfield is more walkable than 10% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Brookfield 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 Brookfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Brookfield
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.