Photo: Denimadept · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Maidstone works elsewhere
Hardly any work in Maidstone itself; outside it, Colebrook draws the most (22%, 20 miles). There are 3 jobs in Maidstone for 64 working residents. 24% of workers work from home, where Vermont as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Maidstone
On a workday 64 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 3 people come in from elsewhere.
About 150 people are in Maidstone on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Commuting out of Maidstone: the destinations
Where Maidstone clocks in
22% of workers
16% of workers
8% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Maidstone
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Maidstone’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 29 minutes each way for Maidstone’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Maidstone workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 77 commuters (the 25% 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 commute from Maidstone, by distance
About 19% 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.
Maidstone and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Northumberland (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Maidstone workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maidstone | – | — | — | 29 min | $85,833 |
| Brunswick | under 2% | — | — | 41 min | — |
| Guildhall | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Granby | under 2% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Brunswick, Guildhall and Granby: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Maidstone’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 Maidstone: questions
What is the median household income in Maidstone?
$85,833 (±$31,928) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Maidstone?
2.1%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Maidstone?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Maidstone work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Colebrook (22%, 20 mi), Canaan (16%, 24 mi), Pittsburg (8%, 39 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Maidstone without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Maidstone, from the people who make the trip.
More of Maidstone
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.