Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Hardwick (2.4%) than in 79% of U.S. towns
Hardwick grades B for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in four stay in Hardwick for work; outside it, Morristown is the main destination (11%, 15 miles). Measured by household income, Hardwick is ahead of 70% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Hardwick apart
How Hardwick earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hardwick is better than 56% of U.S. towns, #29 of 71 in Vermont. Unemployment holds Hardwick’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hardwick could be anywhere from C to A−.
Commuting from Hardwick: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hardwick workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,288 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.
Who works in Hardwick, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 928 residents head out to work, 296 work right here, and 668 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 (0.79 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.
Out of Hardwick to work: where people go
Where Hardwick clocks in
11% of workers
8% of workers
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.
Jobs in Hardwick: what the 964 are
964 jobs are based in Hardwick.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hardwick, 2013 → 2023: 962 → 964. 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 Hardwick’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Hardwick
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 Hardwick, walking beats the bus
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 10.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 7.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,461 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 4.9% of Hardwick households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hardwick’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,937th of 4,618: where Hardwick ranks among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 439 | Charlotte VT | 3,846 | $144K | 3.7% | 1.1% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 614 | Norwich VT | 3,577 | $140K | 2.8% | 3.0% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 809 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,935 | Catawba Island Township OH | 3,636 | $92K | 6.9% | 4.7% | 10% | B |
| 1,936 | Portage Township PA | 3,335 | $63K | 8.6% | 1.7% | 10% | B |
| 1,937 | Hardwick VT | 2,950 | $92K | 9.7% | 2.4% | 24% | B |
| 1,938 | Hopewell TN | 2,634 | $88K | 18.7% | 3.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,939 | Delaware Township IN | 3,500 | $74K | 9.3% | 2.7% | 8% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Hardwick, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Hardwick and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Greensboro (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hardwick workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardwick | – | B | A− | 29 min | $92,297 |
| Woodbury | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Walden | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| Greensboro | 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Wolcott | 2% | C | C | 27 min | $70,259 |
| Elmore | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Stannard | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Woodbury, Greensboro, Elmore and Stannard: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Walden: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hardwick’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 Hardwick: questions
What is the median household income in Hardwick?
$92,297 (±$17,316) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hardwick?
9.7%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hardwick?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hardwick work?
24% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morristown (11%, 15 mi), Stowe (8%, 18 mi), Montpelier (3%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hardwick walkable?
Hardwick is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 7.1 out of 20, and 10% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hardwick 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 Hardwick, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hardwick
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.