Photo: King of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0Fewer people are out of work in Londonderry (0.5%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Londonderry; the top destination outside it is Stratton (12%, 10 miles). Londonderry grades B+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. 2.4% of residents live below the poverty line (Vermont 10.1%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Londonderry’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Londonderry is better than 74% of U.S. towns. Unemployment holds Londonderry’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Londonderry could be anywhere from B to A−.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 475 residents head out to work, 140 work right here, and 515 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 (1.07 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.
Where the trip to work from Londonderry ends
Where Londonderry clocks in
12% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Londonderry works in goods: 31% of its jobs
655 jobs are based in Londonderry.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Londonderry, 2013 → 2023: 501 → 655. 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 Londonderry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Londonderry, about 24 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Londonderry workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 968 commuters (the 13% 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 Londonderry
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.
Getting around Londonderry: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Londonderry is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 9.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 6.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,116 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). 2.3% of Londonderry households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Londonderry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Londonderry places 1,046th of 5,921 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 742 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 785 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 813 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,044 | Mount Wolf PA | 1,422 | $88K | 9.2% | 5.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,045 | Eastford CT | 1,715 | $97K | 6.2% | 6.3% | 8% | B+ |
| 1,046 | Londonderry VT | 1,897 | $85K | 2.4% | 0.5% | 23% | B+ |
| 1,047 | Smoke Rise AL | 1,471 | $86K | 5.5% | 8.6% | <1% | B+ |
| 1,048 | Green Valley SD | 1,642 | $82K | 1.0% | 5.5% | 0% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,921 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 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 Londonderry, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Next door to Londonderry
The biggest share goes to Winhall (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Londonderry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Londonderry | – | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $85,179 |
| Windham | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Landgrove | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Winhall | 3% | B− | B− | 27 min | $95,500 |
| Weston | 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Windham, Landgrove and Weston: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Londonderry’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 Londonderry: questions
What is the median household income in Londonderry?
$85,179 (±$21,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Londonderry?
2.4%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Londonderry?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Londonderry work?
23% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stratton (12%, 10 mi), Manchester (7%, 14 mi), Peru (4%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Londonderry walkable?
Londonderry is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Londonderry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Londonderry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Londonderry
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.