Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Most of Marshfield commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Jobs and income earn Marshfield C−; getting around on foot earns it C+. Employers in Marshfield report 167 jobs, and 617 of its residents work somewhere. Home is the office for 24% of workers (Vermont 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Marshfield
Marshfield is a place people come home to
There are 167 jobs based in Marshfield, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Marshfield has about 1,100 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Marshfield
25% of Marshfield workers work from home, against 17% across Vermont. Time on the road ↓
Marshfield workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Vermont. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 617 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Marshfield
On income, poverty and job access, Marshfield is better than 23% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Marshfield’s grade up (9.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (3.9%) is left out: Marshfield’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, Marshfield could be anywhere from D to C+.
How a workday changes Marshfield
On a workday 593 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 143 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Marshfield 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 from Marshfield: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Marshfield workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 598 commuters (the 24% 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.
14% of working residents work in Montpelier
Where Marshfield clocks in
14% 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.
Jobs in Marshfield: what the 167 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Marshfield, 2013 → 2023: 200 → 167. 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 Marshfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Marshfield, by distance
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 Marshfield start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Marshfield is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 5.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 792 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 0.3% of Marshfield households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Marshfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Marshfield next to U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,100: 3,842nd of 5,794 on jobs and income
| # | 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% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 629 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 691 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 710 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,840 | Center Township KS | 1,694 | $59K | 11.8% | 1.1% | 12% | C− |
| 3,841 | Haskell Township KS | 1,812 | $72K | 14.9% | 4.6% | 31% | C− |
| 3,842 | Marshfield VT | 1,567 | $60K | 9.2% | 3.9% | 4% | C− |
| 3,843 | Pacific City OR | 1,303 | $93K | 16.9% | 0.0% | 12% | C− |
| 3,844 | Marissa IL | 1,724 | $55K | 12.8% | 14.2% | 6% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,794 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Marshfield, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
16% of Marshfield works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Cabot (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Marshfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshfield | – | C− | C+ | 29 min | $60,313 |
| Cabot | 8% | C+ | B− | 30 min | $77,031 |
| Plainfield | 5% | C | C+ | 24 min | $69,250 |
| Groton | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Peacham | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Calais | under 3% | B− | D− | 31 min | $100,625 |
| East Montpelier | 3% | A− | B+ | 20 min | $92,778 |
Same-state neighbors only. Groton and Peacham: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Marshfield’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 Marshfield: questions
What is the median household income in Marshfield?
$60,313 (±$9,504) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Marshfield?
9.2%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Marshfield?
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 Marshfield work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Montpelier (14%, 11 mi), Barre (8%, 10 mi), Berlin (8%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Marshfield walkable?
Marshfield is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Marshfield without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Marshfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Marshfield
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.