Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Work, pay and getting to work in Landgrove
42 jobs are based in Landgrove for 47 working residents. Hardly any stay in Landgrove for work; outside it, Manchester is the main destination (15%, 13 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes; Vermont averages 24, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Landgrove: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 47 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 42 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 (0.89 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.
The towns that employ Landgrove’s residents
Where Landgrove clocks in
15% of workers
11% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 43% of the jobs in Landgrove
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Landgrove, 2013 → 2023: 30 → 42. 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 Landgrove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Landgrove
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Landgrove workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 70 commuters (the 18% 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 Landgrove
About 30% 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.
20% of Landgrove works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Peru (11%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Landgrove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Landgrove | – | — | — | 23 min | $195,938 |
| Peru | 11% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Londonderry | 9% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $85,179 |
| Weston | under 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Peru and Weston: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Landgrove’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 Landgrove: questions
What is the median household income in Landgrove?
$195,938 (±$166,849) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Landgrove?
0.4%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Landgrove?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Landgrove work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Manchester (15%, 13 mi), Peru (11%, 4 mi), Londonderry (9%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Landgrove without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Landgrove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Landgrove
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.