Photo: Jared and Corin · CC BY-SA 2.0Making a living in Pomfret
Home is the office for 30% of workers, where Vermont as a whole has 17%. Only 4% stay in Pomfret for work; outside it, Lebanon is the main destination (12%, 14 miles). Working residents average 24 minutes each way, about the same as across Vermont.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Pomfret
A lot of Pomfret works one town over
38% of working residents work in a town that borders Pomfret: Hartford (12%), Woodstock (11%) and Royalton (8%). Next door ↓
Home offices are common in Pomfret
30% of Pomfret 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 360 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 24 minutes each way, about the VT average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pomfret workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 331 commuters (the 30% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Pomfret
On a workday 346 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 326 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 (0.94 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.
Commuting out of Pomfret: the destinations
Where Pomfret clocks in
12% of workers
12% of workers
11% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Pomfret
340 jobs are based in Pomfret.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pomfret, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 340. 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 Pomfret’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Pomfret
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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
38% of Pomfret works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pomfret workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pomfret | – | — | — | 24 min | $84,229 |
| Sharon | 3% | B+ | B | 26 min | $84,375 |
| Woodstock | 11% | C+ | A+ | 22 min | $120,938 |
| Barnard | 4% | B | B | 29 min | $97,581 |
| Hartford | 12% | B− | A | 18 min | $78,125 |
| Royalton | 8% | B | A− | 20 min | $103,938 |
| Bridgewater | under 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Bridgewater: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hartford. Darker towns draw more of Pomfret’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 Pomfret: questions
What is the median household income in Pomfret?
$84,229 (±$7,929) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pomfret?
5.8%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pomfret?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pomfret work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lebanon (12%, 14 mi), Hartford (12%, 7 mi), Woodstock (11%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Pomfret without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pomfret, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pomfret
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.