Stratton Mountain draws 1,006 commuters a day, with 9.8 jobs for every working resident
About one in seven work in Stratton Mountain; the top destination outside it is Stratton (15%, 2 miles). Stratton Mountain has 1,021 jobs; 104 of its residents have a job. 54% of workers have no commute at all, where Vermont as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Stratton Mountain by day and by night
On a workday 89 residents head out to work and 15 work right here.
About 1,000 people are in Stratton Mountain on a workday afternoon, 1054% 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 towns that send workers to Stratton Mountain
Where Stratton Mountain clocks in
15% of workers
11% of workers
9% 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 Stratton Mountain
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stratton Mountain, 2013 → 2023: 78 → 1,021. 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 Stratton Mountain’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Stratton Mountain
of Stratton Mountain workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 18 commuters (the 54% 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 Stratton Mountain
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.
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 Stratton Mountain: questions
What is the median household income in Stratton Mountain?
$179,500 (±$96,019) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stratton Mountain?
0.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Stratton Mountain work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stratton (15%, 2 mi), Manchester (11%, 9 mi), Dover (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stratton Mountain without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stratton Mountain, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stratton Mountain
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.