Gorham Covered Bridge · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 3.0Proctor has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Only 5% stay in Proctor for work; outside it, Rutland is the main destination (33%, 4 miles). There are 96 jobs in Proctor, against 902 working residents. The two grades for Proctor are C− for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Proctor apart
Proctor is a place people come home to
There are 96 jobs based in Proctor, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Proctor has about 880 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Proctor and Rutland trade workers both ways
Rutland is the top workplace for Proctor residents (33%) and also where the most people who work in Proctor come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 902 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Inside Proctor’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Proctor is better than 25% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Proctor’s grade up ($74,167, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down (16.2%, U.S. 12.5%).
Unemployment (1.6%) is left out: Proctor’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, Proctor could be anywhere from D to B−.
Proctor quiets down on a workday
On a workday 861 residents head out to work, 41 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Proctor on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
Where Proctor goes to work
Where Proctor clocks in
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.
67% of the jobs in Proctor pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Proctor, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 96. 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 Proctor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Proctor: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Proctor workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 763 commuters (the 9% 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 Proctor
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.
For most of Proctor, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Proctor is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.2% across Vermont.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 842 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 45% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 47% 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). 5.1% of Proctor households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Proctor’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,300, Proctor ranks 3,774th of 5,760 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 669 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 737 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 756 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,772 | Deep River Township MI | 2,076 | $59K | 16.4% | 2.9% | 7% | C− |
| 3,773 | Bigler Township PA | 1,211 | $61K | 9.4% | 5.2% | 4% | C− |
| 3,774 | Proctor VT | 1,687 | $74K | 16.2% | 1.6% | 5% | C− |
| 3,775 | Somers MT | 1,280 | $57K | 8.0% | 4.7% | 3% | C− |
| 3,776 | Stanleytown VA | 1,386 | $40K | 9.7% | 4.8% | 2% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,760 | 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 Proctor, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Work next door: 13% of Proctor’s workers
The biggest share goes to Rutland (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Proctor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proctor | – | C− | B | 22 min | $74,167 |
| Rutland | 9% | C+ | B | 20 min | $72,099 |
| Pittsford | 4% | C | C− | 25 min | $69,705 |
| West Rutland | under 3% | B | B | 22 min | $61,161 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Proctor’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 Proctor: questions
What is the median household income in Proctor?
$74,167 (±$11,786) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Proctor?
16.2%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Proctor?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Proctor work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rutland (33%, 4 mi), Rutland (9%, 4 mi), Pittsford (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Proctor walkable?
Proctor is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Proctor without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 45% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Proctor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Proctor
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.