Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Searsburg works elsewhere
Hardly any stay in Searsburg for work; outside it, Bennington is the main destination (21%, 13 miles). There are 17 jobs in Searsburg, against 34 working residents. 6% of workers work from home; Vermont has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Searsburg for work, and who comes in
On a workday 34 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Searsburg on a workday afternoon, 14% 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 Searsburg: the destinations
Where Searsburg clocks in
21% of workers
15% of workers
12% 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 Searsburg, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 17. 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 Searsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Searsburg’s commute takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Searsburg workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 82 commuters (the 6% 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.
Half of Searsburg commutes less than 12 miles
About 15% 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.
Searsburg and its neighbors: 33% work next door
The biggest share goes to Woodford (15%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Searsburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Searsburg | – | — | — | 24 min | $61,071 |
| Wilmington | 12% | C+ | A | 21 min | $70,000 |
| Woodford | 15% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Readsboro | 6% | — | — | 32 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodford and Readsboro: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Searsburg’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of Searsburg workers work outside Vermont. The job records count 12% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Searsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Searsburg?
$61,071 (±$49,326) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Searsburg?
0.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Searsburg?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Searsburg work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bennington (21%, 13 mi), Woodford (15%, 6 mi), Wilmington (12%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Searsburg 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 Searsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Searsburg
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.