Anderson Chapel · Photo: Generic1139 · CC BY-SA 3.0Swanton has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in Swanton itself; outside it, Oakland draws the most (27%, 10 miles). Swanton has 1 jobs for 15 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Swanton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 15 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Swanton to work: where people go
Where Swanton clocks in
27% of workers
7% of workers
7% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Swanton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
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 Swanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Swanton
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.
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 Swanton: questions
Where do people who live in Swanton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Oakland (27%, 10 mi), Westernport (7%, 10 mi), Cumberland (7%, 29 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Swanton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Swanton
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.