Photo: Greenmountainboy · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Shoreham have higher incomes than those in 72% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Shoreham itself; outside it, Middlebury draws the most (36%, 12 miles). Poverty touches 8.3% of residents (Vermont 10.1%). For jobs and income Shoreham is better than 45% of U.S. towns (B−); for walkability it is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (B−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Shoreham
Shoreham makes and builds things
73% of the jobs based in Shoreham are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Shoreham residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
36% of Shoreham works in Middlebury
191 working residents, 36%, have their main job in Middlebury, 12 miles away. That’s 7 times as many as work in Shoreham itself. 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 527 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Shoreham’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income holds Shoreham’s grade up ($93,654, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (0.4%) is left out: Shoreham’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Shoreham could be anywhere from C− to B+.
Factories, building and farms: 73% of the jobs in Shoreham
323 jobs are based in Shoreham.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Shoreham, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 323. 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 Shoreham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Shoreham’s residents
Where Shoreham clocks in
36% of workers
5% 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.
Who leaves Shoreham for work, and who comes in
On a workday 503 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 299 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Shoreham on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.61 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 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 26 minutes from Shoreham
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Shoreham workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 560 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 Shoreham
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.
Getting around Shoreham: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 7.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 666 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). 2.0% of Shoreham households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Shoreham’s commuters take a bus or train.
Shoreham is 1,885th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 529 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 679 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 873 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,883 | Milton Township KS | 1,034 | $54K | 6.7% | 0.0% | 8% | B− |
| 1,884 | Portage Township OH | 1,202 | $85K | 11.9% | 2.4% | 10% | B− |
| 1,885 | Shoreham VT | 1,284 | $94K | 8.3% | 0.4% | 5% | B− |
| 1,886 | Macon IL | 1,120 | $69K | 7.4% | 2.0% | 9% | B− |
| 1,887 | Manito IL | 1,473 | $72K | 8.3% | 2.9% | 23% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Shoreham, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
The towns around Shoreham
The biggest share goes to Bridport (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Shoreham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreham | – | B− | B− | 26 min | $93,654 |
| Bridport | 3% | B− | C− | 27 min | $83,214 |
| Orwell | 2% | C− | B− | 27 min | $70,417 |
| Cornwall | under 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $114,583 |
| Whiting | under 2% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Whiting: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Shoreham’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 Shoreham: questions
What is the median household income in Shoreham?
$93,654 (±$22,931) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Shoreham?
8.3%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Shoreham?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Shoreham work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middlebury (36%, 12 mi), Burlington (5%, 41 mi), South Burlington (4%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Shoreham walkable?
Shoreham is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Shoreham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Shoreham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Shoreham
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.