Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Peacham has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For 24% of workers, the job is at home (Vermont 17%). Employers in Peacham report 82 jobs, and 260 of its residents work somewhere. Only 2% work in Peacham itself; outside it, Haverhill draws the most (12%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Peacham: the figures worth knowing
About 31 minutes to work from Peacham
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peacham workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 316 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.
How a workday changes Peacham
On a workday 254 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 76 people come in from elsewhere.
About 530 people are in Peacham on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
Where Peacham goes to work
Where Peacham clocks in
12% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peacham, 2013 → 2023: 66 → 82. 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 Peacham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Peacham works
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.
How Peacham compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Danville (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Peacham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peacham | – | — | — | 31 min | $90,000 |
| Barnet | under 3% | C | C− | 28 min | $67,386 |
| Danville | 3% | B | C− | 33 min | $70,946 |
| Marshfield | under 3% | C− | C+ | 29 min | $60,313 |
| Groton | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Cabot | under 3% | C+ | B− | 30 min | $77,031 |
Same-state neighbors only. Groton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Peacham’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 Peacham: questions
What is the median household income in Peacham?
$90,000 (±$28,387) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peacham?
10.6%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peacham?
31 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peacham work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Haverhill (12%, 20 mi), St. Johnsbury (8%, 13 mi), Newbury (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peacham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peacham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peacham
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.