Gifford Woods State Park · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Killington has 3.2 jobs per working resident, and 1,894 people come in to work
25% of workers work from home (Vermont 17%). 2,090 jobs are based in Killington; 651 of its residents have a job. Killington grades B for jobs and income and A+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Killington at work: what stands out
Killington fills up on a workday
Killington has 2,090 jobs, 3.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,800 people are in town, more than double the 1,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Killington pay little
45% of the jobs based in Killington pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 30% of all the jobs here go to people 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Killington and Rutland trade workers both ways
Rutland is the top workplace for Killington residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Killington come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 651 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Killington’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Killington is better than 56% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Killington’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 26% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (5.0%) is left out: Killington’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, Killington could be anywhere from C− to A−.
Killington on a workday afternoon
On a workday 455 residents head out to work and 196 work right here.
About 2,800 people are in Killington on a workday afternoon, 104% more 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Killington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Killington, 2013 → 2023: 1,973 → 2,090. 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 Killington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who travels to work in Killington, and from where
Where Killington clocks in
Lines 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.
Getting to work from Killington takes about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Killington workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 345 commuters (the 25% 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.
Killington’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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Killington
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Killington is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Killington 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 458 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 99% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 99% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 0.8% of Killington households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Killington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900, Killington ranks 1,690th of 5,877 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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| 587 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
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| 645 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
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| 666 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
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| 1,688 | Watertown TN | 1,691 | $68K | 7.3% | 5.5% | 2% | B |
| 1,689 | Darlington Township PA | 1,777 | $64K | 7.5% | 8.9% | 6% | B |
| 1,690 | Killington VT | 1,387 | $81K | 5.3% | 5.0% | 30% | B |
| 1,691 | Sea Breeze NC | 1,849 | $70K | 6.5% | 1.6% | 1% | B |
| 1,692 | De Graff OH | 1,256 | $84K | 7.5% | 3.9% | 2% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Killington, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
The towns around Killington
The biggest share goes to Mendon (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Killington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killington | – | B | A+ | 16 min | $81,250 |
| Mendon | 3% | B | D | 17 min | $100,524 |
| Bridgewater | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Chittenden | under 2% | B | C+ | 28 min | $106,250 |
| Pittsfield | under 2% | — | — | 19 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bridgewater and Pittsfield: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Killington’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 Killington: questions
What is the median household income in Killington?
$81,250 (±$38,998) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Killington?
5.3%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Killington?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Killington work?
30% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rutland (20%, 10 mi), Rutland (6%, 8 mi), Ludlow (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Killington walkable?
Killington is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Killington without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 99% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Killington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Killington
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.