Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Newfane trail those of 63% of U.S. towns
Newfane grades C− for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. The poverty rate is 10.9%, where Vermont as a whole has 10.1%. For 31% of workers, the job is at home, where Vermont as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Newfane at work: what stands out
Newfane and Brattleboro trade workers both ways
Brattleboro is the top workplace for Newfane residents (28%) and also where the most people who work in Newfane come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Newfane
31% of Newfane workers work from home, against 17% across Vermont. 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 603 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Newfane: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Newfane is better than 24% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Newfane’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 15% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.4%) is left out: Newfane’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, Newfane could be anywhere from D to B−.
28% of working residents work in Brattleboro
Where Newfane clocks in
28% 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.
How long Newfane spends getting to work: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newfane workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 550 commuters (the 31% 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.
How many people are in Newfane by day
On a workday 554 residents head out to work, 49 work right here, and 308 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Newfane on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Newfane
357 jobs are based in Newfane.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newfane, 2013 → 2023: 349 → 357. 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 Newfane’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Newfane commutes
About 23% 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.
Newfane is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Newfane is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 5.4.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 795 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). 1.2% of Newfane households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Newfane’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 6,161 U.S. towns of 1,100 to 2,200, Newfane comes 4,030th 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 683 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 750 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 769 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,028 | Dansville NY | 1,816 | $69K | 11.4% | 3.5% | 4% | C− |
| 4,029 | Henry Clay Township PA | 1,681 | $78K | 13.6% | 8.0% | 12% | C− |
| 4,030 | Newfane VT | 1,636 | $67K | 10.9% | 4.4% | 8% | C− |
| 4,031 | Tennessee Ridge TN | 1,341 | $74K | 12.2% | 4.0% | 4% | C− |
| 4,032 | Brownsboro TX | 1,322 | $62K | 15.4% | 3.2% | 11% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 6,161 | 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 Newfane, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Work next door: 11% of Newfane’s workers
The biggest share goes to Townshend (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newfane workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newfane | – | C− | C+ | 27 min | $66,719 |
| Brookline | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Dummerston | under 2% | A− | B− | 21 min | $101,696 |
| Dover | 4% | C− | A | 22 min | $52,313 |
| Wardsboro | under 2% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Townshend | 7% | C+ | B+ | 25 min | $78,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Brookline and Wardsboro: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Newfane’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 Newfane: questions
What is the median household income in Newfane?
$66,719 (±$20,735) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newfane?
10.9%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newfane?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 31% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newfane work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brattleboro (28%, 8 mi), Townshend (7%, 7 mi), Dover (4%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newfane walkable?
Newfane is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newfane without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newfane, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newfane
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.