Photo: The original uploader was Redjar at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 2.0Unemployment in Royalton (0.3%) is lower than in 98% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Royalton; the top destination outside it is Lebanon (11%, 19 miles). For jobs and income Royalton is better than 61% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (A−). Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Royalton, in a few figures
What’s behind Royalton’s Jobs & income grade
Unemployment holds Royalton’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 14% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Royalton could be anywhere from B− to B+.
A workday in Royalton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 936 residents head out to work, 210 work right here, and 855 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 (0.93 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.
The towns that employ Royalton’s residents
Where Royalton clocks in
11% of workers
8% 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 1,065 jobs based in Royalton
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Royalton, 2013 → 2023: 986 → 1,065. 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 Royalton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Royalton, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Royalton workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,286 commuters (the 18% 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 commute from Royalton, by distance
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Royalton
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 13.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,565 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). 6.4% of Royalton households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Royalton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Royalton next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600: 1,666th of 4,797 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 591 | Norwich VT | 3,577 | $140K | 2.8% | 3.0% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 794 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 950 | Westford VT | 2,072 | $113K | 2.5% | 4.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,664 | Inland Township MI | 2,493 | $81K | 6.3% | 1.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,665 | Union Township PA | 2,074 | $93K | 5.9% | 10.9% | 4% | B |
| 1,666 | Royalton VT | 2,692 | $104K | 13.0% | 0.3% | 18% | B |
| 1,667 | Avalon CA | 3,237 | $105K | 11.5% | 0.0% | 41% | B |
| 1,668 | Crestview Hills KY | 3,301 | $95K | 11.7% | 6.0% | 4% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Royalton, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
14% of Royalton works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Randolph (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Royalton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Royalton | – | B | A− | 20 min | $103,938 |
| Barnard | under 2% | B | B | 29 min | $97,581 |
| Bethel | 4% | B− | C+ | 28 min | $75,822 |
| Tunbridge | under 2% | C | C− | 31 min | $89,464 |
| Sharon | under 2% | B+ | B | 26 min | $84,375 |
| Randolph | 8% | B | A | 21 min | $76,758 |
| Pomfret | 2% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Strafford | under 2% | B | C | 23 min | $110,833 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pomfret: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Royalton’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 Royalton: questions
What is the median household income in Royalton?
$103,938 (±$24,252) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Royalton?
13.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Royalton?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Royalton work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lebanon (11%, 19 mi), Hartford (8%, 13 mi), Randolph (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Royalton walkable?
Royalton is more walkable than 79% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 14% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Royalton without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Royalton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Royalton
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.