Kingsley Grist Mill Historic District · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Clarendon trail those of 75% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 9% of workers, where Vermont as a whole has 17%. 6.0% of residents are in poverty; Vermont has 10.1%. The two grades for Clarendon are C+ for jobs and income and C for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Clarendon
Clarendon trades workers with the towns around it
Clarendon has about as many jobs (1,163) as working residents (1,206), but they are mostly different people: 1,074 residents leave for work each day while 1,031 people come in. Only 11% of the jobs in Clarendon are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Clarendon and Rutland trade workers both ways
Rutland is the top workplace for Clarendon residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Clarendon come from (21% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
50% of the jobs in Clarendon are in trade, transport and utilities, against 24% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Clarendon are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 24 across Vermont. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Vermont worker, and quicker than any town next door (20 to 30 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
How Clarendon earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Clarendon is better than 36% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Clarendon’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 20% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Clarendon could be anywhere from D to B+.
The daily flow of workers through Clarendon
On a workday 1,074 residents head out to work, 132 work right here, and 1,031 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.96 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
31% of working residents work in Rutland
Where Clarendon clocks in
3% 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 the 1,163 jobs in Clarendon are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Clarendon, 2013 → 2023: 1,123 → 1,163. 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 Clarendon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 16 minutes from Clarendon
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Clarendon workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 985 commuters (the 9% 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 Clarendon commutes less than 7 miles
About 17% 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.
In Clarendon, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Clarendon is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Clarendon near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,084 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 42% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 7.3% of Clarendon households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Clarendon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Clarendon places 2,940th of 4,995 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 736 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
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| 775 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
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| 805 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,938 | Mount Vernon TX | 2,610 | $72K | 10.7% | 4.9% | 16% | C+ |
| 2,939 | Fermanagh Township PA | 2,861 | $58K | 12.4% | 2.2% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,940 | Clarendon VT | 2,398 | $60K | 6.0% | 4.8% | 11% | C+ |
| 2,941 | Duenweg MO | 2,100 | $63K | 20.9% | 3.7% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,942 | Corinth NY | 2,626 | $76K | 13.9% | 5.0% | 8% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,995 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Clarendon, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Clarendon’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Clarendon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarendon | – | C+ | C | 16 min | $59,609 |
| Wallingford | under 2% | C | C+ | 25 min | $80,230 |
| Rutland | 12% | C+ | B | 20 min | $72,099 |
| Ira | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Shrewsbury | under 2% | B− | B− | 26 min | $91,250 |
| Tinmouth | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ira and Tinmouth: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Rutland. Darker towns draw more of Clarendon’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 Clarendon: questions
What is the median household income in Clarendon?
$59,609 (±$11,945) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Clarendon?
6.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Clarendon?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Clarendon work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rutland (31%, 5 mi), Rutland (12%, 8 mi), Killington (3%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Clarendon walkable?
Clarendon is more walkable than 31% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Clarendon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Clarendon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Clarendon
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.