Wallingford Main Street Historic District · Photo: Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Wallingford (11.1%) than in 96% of U.S. towns
For 7% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across Vermont. Wallingford grades C for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. Only 5% work in Wallingford itself; outside it, Rutland draws the most (20%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Wallingford: the figures worth knowing
Wallingford and Rutland trade workers both ways
Rutland is the top workplace for Wallingford residents (20%) and also where the most people who work in Wallingford come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Wallingford is a place people come home to
There are 254 jobs based in Wallingford, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wallingford has about 1,500 people in it, 29% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 859 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Wallingford: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wallingford is better than 28% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Wallingford’s grade up (7.0%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wallingford could be anywhere from D to A−.
The places Wallingford commutes to
Where Wallingford clocks in
Lines 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 daily flow of workers through Wallingford
On a workday 815 residents head out to work, 44 work right here, and 210 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Wallingford on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.30 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.
Jobs in Wallingford: what the 254 are
254 jobs are based in Wallingford.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wallingford, 2013 → 2023: 336 → 254. 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 Wallingford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Wallingford: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wallingford workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 992 commuters (the 7% 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.
Half of Wallingford commutes less than 14 miles
About 18% 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.
Most of Wallingford commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wallingford is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.2% across Vermont.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,068 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 42% 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 1.0% of Wallingford households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wallingford’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Wallingford is 3,329th of 5,148 U.S. towns of 1,500 to 2,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 688 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 728 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 753 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,327 | Paw Paw Township IN | 1,553 | $68K | 11.5% | 2.3% | 1% | C |
| 3,328 | Brockway Township MI | 1,880 | $82K | 13.4% | 5.6% | 1% | C |
| 3,329 | Wallingford VT | 2,080 | $80K | 7.0% | 11.1% | 5% | C |
| 3,330 | Gorman NC | 1,591 | $47K | 18.8% | 5.6% | 0% | C |
| 3,331 | Paul ID | 1,722 | $67K | 11.4% | 0.8% | 6% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,148 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Wallingford, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Work next door: 10% of Wallingford’s workers
The biggest share goes to Clarendon (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wallingford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallingford | – | C | C+ | 25 min | $80,230 |
| Clarendon | 6% | C+ | C | 16 min | $59,609 |
| Mount Holly | 4% | C | C− | 27 min | $78,015 |
| Tinmouth | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Shrewsbury | under 3% | B− | B− | 26 min | $91,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tinmouth: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wallingford’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 Wallingford: questions
What is the median household income in Wallingford?
$80,230 (±$15,356) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wallingford?
7.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wallingford?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wallingford work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rutland (20%, 13 mi), Ludlow (9%, 12 mi), Rutland (7%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wallingford walkable?
Wallingford is more walkable than 36% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wallingford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wallingford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wallingford
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.