Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Panton works elsewhere
For 27% of workers, the job is at home (Vermont 17%). Employers in Panton report 97 jobs for 307 working residents. Hardly any work in Panton itself; outside it, Middlebury draws the most (30%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Panton stands out on work
Panton and Middlebury trade workers both ways
Middlebury is the top workplace for Panton residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Panton come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Home offices are common in Panton
27% of Panton 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 307 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Commuting out of Panton: the destinations
Where Panton clocks in
30% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
The daily trip from Panton: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Panton workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 241 commuters (the 27% 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.
Panton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 305 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 95 people come in from elsewhere.
About 450 people are in Panton on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer 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.
Panton works in goods: 47% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Panton, 2013 → 2023: 91 → 97. 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 Panton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute from Panton, by distance
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.
Next door to Panton
The biggest share goes to Addison (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Panton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panton | – | — | — | 26 min | $86,667 |
| Waltham | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Addison | 5% | B | C+ | 28 min | $106,667 |
| Ferrisburgh | under 2% | B | B | 28 min | $106,989 |
Same-state neighbors only. Waltham: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Panton’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 Panton: questions
What is the median household income in Panton?
$86,667 (±$9,614) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Panton?
3.2%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Panton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Panton work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middlebury (30%, 14 mi), New Haven (8%, 9 mi), Vergennes (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Panton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Panton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Panton
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.