Calvin Coolidge Homestead District · Photo: Shannon McGee from Huntsville, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0Making a living in Plymouth
2.8% of residents are in poverty; Vermont has 10.1%. A typical one-way commute lasts 23 minutes (Vermont 24, U.S. 26). Plymouth has 144 jobs, against 229 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Plymouth on a workday afternoon
On a workday 211 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 126 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Plymouth on a workday afternoon, 13% fewer than live here.
0.63 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 2024, primary jobs.
13% of working residents work in Woodstock
Where Plymouth clocks in
13% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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 kinds of work in Plymouth
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plymouth, 2014 → 2024: 171 → 144. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Plymouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Plymouth takes about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plymouth workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 200 commuters (the 16% 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 far it is to work from Plymouth
About 17% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
13% of Plymouth works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Bridgewater (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plymouth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | – | — | — | 23 min | $87,614 |
| Ludlow | 5% | C | A− | 20 min | $54,885 |
| Bridgewater | 8% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Reading | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Mount Holly | under 3% | C | C− | 27 min | $78,015 |
| Shrewsbury | under 3% | B− | B− | 26 min | $91,250 |
| Mendon | under 3% | B | D | 17 min | $100,524 |
Same-state neighbors only. Bridgewater and Reading: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Plymouth’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 2024, 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 Plymouth: questions
What is the median household income in Plymouth?
$87,614 (±$8,132) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plymouth?
2.8%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plymouth?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plymouth work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodstock (13%, 9 mi), Killington (11%, 11 mi), Bridgewater (8%, 9 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Plymouth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plymouth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plymouth
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.