About Dorset

Dorset is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 2,036 people and just one neighborhood, Dorset is the 111st largest community in Vermont.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Dorset is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Dorset is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Dorset who work in sales jobs (18.31%), office and administrative support jobs (10.91%), and management occupations (10.60%).

Of important note, Dorset is also a town of artists. Dorset has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Dorset's character.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 10.68% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One of the benefits of Dorset is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.50 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Dorset is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Dorset Information and Demographics

The citizens of Dorset are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 44.47% of adults in Dorset have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Dorset in 2000 was $32,956, which is wealthy relative to Vermont and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $131,824 for a family of four.

The people who call Dorset home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Dorset is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Dorset include English, Irish, German, Italian, Scottish, Polish, French, Scotch-Irish, and British.

The most common language spoken in Dorset is English.