Photo: Elipongo · Public domainVernon has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.5 for each
Vernon has 7,405 jobs, and 14,590 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Vernon is better than 51% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (A−). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.8 in Stamford.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The figures behind Vernon’s Jobs & income grade
Job access by car holds Vernon’s grade up (ahead of 86% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (6.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Vernon could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
A workday in Vernon: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 13,084 residents head out to work, 1,506 work right here, and 5,899 people come in from elsewhere.
About 24,000 people are in Vernon on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
12% of working residents work in Hartford
Where Vernon clocks in
12% of workers
9% of workers
5% 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.
What Vernon’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 8,464 → 7,405. 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 Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Vernon’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Vernon workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,212 commuters (the 13% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Vernon commutes
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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Vernon
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 16,416 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 62% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 20% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 83% 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). 7.6% of Vernon households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Vernon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 1,334 U.S. towns of 22,000 to 42,000, Vernon comes 903rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
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| 27 | North Haven CT | 24,799 | $133K | 4.1% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
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| 60 | Glastonbury CT | 35,503 | $157K | 3.8% | 2.9% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | South Windsor CT | 27,036 | $145K | 4.9% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 901 | Forest Grove OR | 27,252 | $88K | 15.4% | 4.3% | 16% | B− |
| 902 | Lawndale CA | 29,892 | $85K | 13.0% | 9.7% | 4% | B− |
| 903 | Vernon CT | 30,842 | $85K | 13.4% | 6.6% | 10% | B− |
| 904 | Columbus NE | 25,248 | $65K | 11.3% | 2.4% | 49% | B− |
| 905 | Blackman Township MI | 24,987 | $61K | 10.5% | 3.7% | 16% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,334 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Vernon, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Bordering towns draw 15% of Vernon’s workers
The biggest share goes to Manchester (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Vernon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon | – | B− | A− | 27 min | $85,356 |
| Bolton | under 3% | A | C+ | 25 min | $126,364 |
| Tolland | under 3% | A+ | C− | 32 min | $133,264 |
| Ellington | 2% | A+ | C+ | 31 min | $129,913 |
| Manchester | 9% | B | A | 23 min | $86,840 |
| South Windsor | 4% | A+ | B− | 23 min | $144,961 |
| Coventry | under 3% | A | C− | 27 min | $108,213 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Vernon’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 Vernon: questions
What is the median household income in Vernon?
$85,356 (±$5,752) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Vernon?
13.4%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Vernon?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Vernon work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (12%, 12 mi), Manchester (9%, 6 mi), East Hartford (5%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Vernon walkable?
Vernon is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.1 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Vernon without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 20% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Vernon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Vernon
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.