Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Stratton has 6.2 jobs for every working resident: 999 people commute in to work
About one in five stay in Stratton for work; outside it, Dover is the main destination (12%, 9 miles). Employers in Stratton report 1,034 jobs for 167 working residents. 3% of workers work from home (Vermont 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Stratton
On a workday 132 residents head out to work and 35 work right here.
About 1,300 people are in Stratton on a workday afternoon, 197% 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.
Where Stratton’s workers come from
Where Stratton clocks in
12% of workers
6% of workers
6% 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.
Stratton is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stratton, 2013 → 2023: 809 → 1,034. 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’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 33 minutes to work from Stratton
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stratton workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 264 commuters (the 3% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Stratton
About 16% 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.
Next door is work for 18% of Stratton
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stratton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stratton | – | — | — | 33 min | $122,708 |
| Wardsboro | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Winhall | 3% | B− | B− | 27 min | $95,500 |
| Sunderland | under 3% | C+ | C | 23 min | $88,523 |
| Jamaica | 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Dover | 12% | C− | A | 22 min | $52,313 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wardsboro and Jamaica: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Dover. Darker towns draw more of Stratton’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 Stratton: questions
What is the median household income in Stratton?
$122,708 (±$33,350) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stratton?
0.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stratton?
33 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stratton work?
21% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Dover (12%, 9 mi), Wilmington (6%, 14 mi), Townshend (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stratton 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, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stratton
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.