Photo: Greenmountainboy · CC BY-SA 3.0Cornwall has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.2 for each
Measured by household income, Cornwall is ahead of 86% of U.S. towns. 92 jobs are based in Cornwall, against 517 working residents. The two grades for Cornwall are B+ for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Cornwall stands out on work
A lot of Cornwall works one town over
43% of working residents work in a town that borders Cornwall: Middlebury (35%), Shoreham (5%) and Bridport (3%). Next door ↓
Cornwall is a place people come home to
There are 92 jobs based in Cornwall, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cornwall has about 870 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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; with 517 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Cornwall
On income, poverty and job access, Cornwall is better than 74% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Cornwall’s grade up (0.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (7.4%) is left out: Cornwall’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Cornwall could be anywhere from B to A−.
A workday in Cornwall: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 512 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 87 people come in from elsewhere.
About 870 people are in Cornwall on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
35% of working residents work in Middlebury
Where Cornwall clocks in
35% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Cornwall works in goods: 29% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cornwall, 2013 → 2023: 85 → 92. 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 Cornwall’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Cornwall: about 24 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cornwall workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 495 commuters (the 24% 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.
Cornwall’s commute, mile by mile
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 Cornwall, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cornwall is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Cornwall 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 655 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 1.0% of Cornwall households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cornwall’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700, Cornwall comes 679th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 529 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
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| 677 | Glyndon MN | 1,393 | $95K | 8.0% | 2.9% | 2% | B+ |
| 678 | Kaw Township KS | 1,402 | $71K | 0.0% | 2.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 679 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| 680 | Laton CA | 1,453 | $78K | 4.5% | 3.8% | 3% | B+ |
| 681 | Juno Ridge FL | 1,072 | $133K | 16.0% | 0.0% | <1% | B+ |
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| 873 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
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| 904 | Duxbury VT | 1,444 | $105K | 2.7% | 4.7% | 2% | B+ |
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| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Cornwall, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Work next door: 43% of Cornwall’s workers
The biggest share goes to Middlebury (35%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cornwall workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwall | – | B+ | D | 24 min | $114,583 |
| Salisbury | under 3% | B | B | 19 min | $99,688 |
| Middlebury | 35% | C+ | A+ | 16 min | $86,169 |
| Bridport | 3% | B− | C− | 27 min | $83,214 |
| Whiting | under 3% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Shoreham | 5% | B− | B− | 26 min | $93,654 |
| Weybridge | under 3% | — | — | 18 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Whiting and Weybridge: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cornwall’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 Cornwall: questions
What is the median household income in Cornwall?
$114,583 (±$32,017) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cornwall?
0.8%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cornwall?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cornwall work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middlebury (35%, 6 mi), Shoreham (5%, 7 mi), Brandon (4%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cornwall walkable?
Cornwall is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cornwall without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cornwall, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cornwall
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.