Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Craftsbury’s household incomes are higher than in 61% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Craftsbury; the top destination outside it is Morristown (10%, 14 miles). Poverty touches 6.6% of residents (Vermont 10.1%). For jobs and income Craftsbury is better than 42% of U.S. towns (C+); for walkability it is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (A−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What’s behind Craftsbury’s Jobs & income grade
The poverty rate holds Craftsbury’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 3% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Craftsbury’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, Craftsbury could be anywhere from C− to B.
In and out of Craftsbury on a workday
On a workday 473 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 312 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Craftsbury on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.68 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Craftsbury goes to work
Where Craftsbury clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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 work there is in Craftsbury: 337 jobs
337 jobs are based in Craftsbury.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Craftsbury, 2013 → 2023: 252 → 337. 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 Craftsbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 27 minutes from Craftsbury
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Craftsbury workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 616 commuters (the 12% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Craftsbury
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.
Craftsbury is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 7.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 704 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). 5.7% of Craftsbury households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Craftsbury’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Craftsbury is 2,036th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 529 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 679 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 873 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,034 | Moorcroft WY | 1,023 | $71K | 4.6% | 0.0% | 6% | C+ |
| 2,035 | Eaton Township PA | 1,426 | $70K | 7.4% | 1.8% | 4% | C+ |
| 2,036 | Craftsbury VT | 1,291 | $84K | 6.6% | 0.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,037 | Montello WI | 1,174 | $88K | 10.0% | 4.8% | <1% | C+ |
| 2,038 | Spencerville NM | 1,264 | $79K | 11.6% | 3.3% | 4% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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 Craftsbury, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Craftsbury and its neighbors
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Craftsbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craftsbury | – | C+ | A− | 27 min | $83,672 |
| Wolcott | under 3% | C | C | 27 min | $70,259 |
| Albany | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Eden | under 3% | B− | C+ | 38 min | $83,578 |
| Greensboro | under 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Hyde Park | under 3% | B+ | C | 26 min | $84,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Albany and Greensboro: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Craftsbury’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 Craftsbury: questions
What is the median household income in Craftsbury?
$83,672 (±$15,569) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Craftsbury?
6.6%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Craftsbury?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Craftsbury work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morristown (10%, 14 mi), Newport (9%, 22 mi), Barton (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Craftsbury walkable?
Craftsbury is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 13% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Craftsbury without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Craftsbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Craftsbury
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.