Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Stowe has 1.9 jobs per working resident, and 3,175 people come in to work
Stowe has 4,242 jobs, against 2,186 working residents. Jobs and income earn Stowe B−; getting around on foot earns it B+. About half work in Stowe; the top destination outside it is Morristown (9%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Stowe apart
Stowe is where the jobs are
Stowe has 4,242 jobs, 1.9 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Stowe are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 24 across Vermont. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Vermont worker. Time on the road ↓
Many jobs in Stowe pay little
26% of the jobs based in Stowe pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Stowe
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stowe is better than 46% of U.S. towns, #39 of 71 in Vermont. Household income holds Stowe’s grade up ($93,618, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% of U.S. towns).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Stowe could be anywhere from D to A−.
How a workday changes Stowe
On a workday 1,119 residents head out to work and 1,067 work right here.
About 7,400 people are in Stowe on a workday afternoon, 39% more 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.
The daily trip from Stowe: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stowe workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,935 commuters (the 24% 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.
In Stowe, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stowe, 2013 → 2023: 3,457 → 4,242. 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 Stowe’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Stowe’s workers come from
Where Stowe clocks in
9% of workers
7% of workers
3% 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.
How far it is to work from Stowe
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.
In Stowe, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stowe is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #41 of 71 in Vermont. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 5.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 7.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,559 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 6.6% of Stowe households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Stowe’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,651 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,200, Stowe comes 2,132nd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 354 | Jericho VT | 5,056 | $117K | 0.9% | 1.2% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 425 | Richmond VT | 4,103 | $108K | 4.2% | 1.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 485 | Charlotte VT | 3,846 | $144K | 3.7% | 1.1% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,130 | Shillington PA | 5,542 | $80K | 16.7% | 6.1% | 4% | B− |
| 2,131 | Henrietta Township MI | 4,729 | $81K | 6.3% | 10.8% | 3% | B− |
| 2,132 | Stowe VT | 5,325 | $94K | 9.9% | 4.6% | 49% | B− |
| 2,133 | Fishhook AK | 5,819 | $111K | 9.2% | 4.5% | — | B− |
| 2,134 | Tice FL | 4,758 | $54K | 19.4% | 2.1% | 2% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,651 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Stowe, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
The towns next door employ 12% of Stowe
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stowe workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stowe | – | B− | B+ | 19 min | $93,618 |
| Morristown | 9% | B− | A− | 21 min | $66,273 |
| Worcester | under 2% | — | — | 29 min | — |
| Waterbury | 3% | B | B+ | 30 min | $103,917 |
| Underhill | under 2% | B+ | D | 33 min | $92,267 |
| Cambridge | under 2% | B | A− | 32 min | $72,344 |
Same-state neighbors only. Worcester: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Morristown. Darker towns draw more of Stowe’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 Stowe: questions
What is the median household income in Stowe?
$93,618 (±$32,786) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stowe?
9.9%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stowe?
19 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stowe work?
49% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morristown (9%, 5 mi), Burlington (7%, 26 mi), Waterbury (3%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stowe walkable?
Stowe is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stowe without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stowe, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stowe
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.