Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Coventry has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 202 jobs in Coventry; 480 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Coventry are D for jobs and income and C− for walkability. Home is the office for 9% of workers (Vermont 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Coventry stands out on work
A lot of Coventry works one town over
34% of working residents work in a town that borders Coventry: Newport (19%), Derby (13%) and Irasburg (2%). Next door ↓
Coventry workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Vermont. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (15 to 33 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; with 480 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Coventry
On income, poverty and job access, Coventry is better than 7% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Coventry’s grade up ($59,342, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down.
Unemployment (20.2%) is left out: Coventry’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, Coventry could be anywhere from D− to D.
About 36 minutes each way for Coventry’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Coventry workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 339 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.
Coventry on a workday afternoon
On a workday 456 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Coventry on a workday afternoon, 26% 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.
19% of working residents work in Newport
Where Coventry clocks in
13% of workers
12% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 33% of the jobs in Coventry
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coventry, 2013 → 2023: 215 → 202. 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 Coventry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Coventry to work
About 16% 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.
Most trips from Coventry start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coventry is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.2% across Vermont.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 371 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). 4.8% of Coventry households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coventry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Coventry next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 2,690th of 3,133 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 307 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 405 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 523 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,688 | Roscoe TX | 1,208 | $56K | 19.6% | 5.2% | 12% | D |
| 2,689 | Elmer Township MI | 1,205 | $62K | 18.0% | 2.2% | 1% | D |
| 2,690 | Coventry VT | 1,059 | $59K | 19.6% | 20.2% | 5% | D |
| 2,691 | Shattuck OK | 1,194 | $55K | 15.5% | 8.3% | 24% | D |
| 2,692 | East Machias ME | 1,341 | $58K | 15.9% | 6.7% | 12% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | 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 Coventry, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Work next door: 34% of Coventry’s workers
The biggest share goes to Newport (19%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coventry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | – | D | C− | 36 min | $59,342 |
| Newport | under 2% | C | C | 24 min | $71,202 |
| Brownington | under 2% | D | D | 33 min | $75,556 |
| Newport | 19% | D− | A | 15 min | $54,646 |
| Irasburg | 2% | B | C− | 24 min | $98,534 |
| Derby | 13% | C | B+ | 32 min | $80,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Coventry’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 Coventry: questions
What is the median household income in Coventry?
$59,342 (±$2,936) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coventry?
19.6%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coventry?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Coventry work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport (19%, 4 mi), Derby (13%, 6 mi), Barton (12%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coventry walkable?
Coventry is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coventry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coventry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coventry
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.