Photo: Redjar at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0Danby has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Danby has 147 jobs; 608 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Danby are C for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 7% stay in Danby for work; outside it, Rutland is the main destination (14%, 20 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Danby at work: what stands out
Danby is a place people come home to
There are 147 jobs based in Danby, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Danby has about 810 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Danby workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 24 across Vermont. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. 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 608 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Danby’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Danby is better than 30% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Danby’s grade up ($77,321, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 4% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (2.3%) is left out: Danby’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Danby could be anywhere from D to B−.
A workday in Danby: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 565 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 104 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Danby on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
The trip to work from Danby: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danby workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 518 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.
Out of Danby to work: where people go
Where Danby clocks in
14% of workers
6% 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.
Danby works in goods: 50% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danby, 2013 → 2023: 149 → 147. 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 Danby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Danby to work
About 18% 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.
Driving is how Danby gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Danby is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Danby 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 589 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 3.5% of Danby households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Danby’s commuters take a bus or train.
Danby next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700: 2,728th of 4,866 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,726 | Wills Township OH | 1,519 | $65K | 8.4% | 11.6% | 4% | C |
| 2,727 | Penn Township PA | 1,194 | $70K | 8.3% | 4.9% | 8% | C |
| 2,728 | Danby VT | 1,273 | $77K | 9.4% | 2.3% | 7% | C |
| 2,729 | Worcester WI | 1,546 | $68K | 7.0% | 2.5% | 4% | C |
| 2,730 | Brazeau WI | 1,381 | $73K | 8.6% | 6.7% | 1% | 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 Danby, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Next door to Danby
The biggest share goes to Dorset (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Danby workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danby | – | C | D | 30 min | $77,321 |
| Dorset | 6% | C+ | A | 22 min | $111,250 |
| Tinmouth | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Mount Tabor | 3% | — | — | 46 min | — |
| Pawlet | under 3% | C− | B− | 33 min | $62,273 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tinmouth and Mount Tabor: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Danby’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 Danby: questions
What is the median household income in Danby?
$77,321 (±$13,471) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danby?
9.4%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danby?
30 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danby work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rutland (14%, 20 mi), Manchester (14%, 12 mi), Dorset (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danby walkable?
Danby is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.6 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Danby without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Danby, from the people who make the trip.
More of Danby
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.