Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Waterford has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
There are 141 jobs in Waterford; 502 of its residents have a job. Waterford grades B− for jobs and income and C for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Waterford in brief
A lot of Waterford works one town over
31% of working residents work in a town that borders Waterford: St. Johnsbury (22%) and Littleton (9%). Next door ↓
Waterford is a place people come home to
There are 141 jobs based in Waterford, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Waterford has about 930 people in it, 28% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 502 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Waterford
On income, poverty and job access, Waterford is better than 55% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Waterford’s grade up ($109,375, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 8% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.0%) is left out: Waterford’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, Waterford could be anywhere from C to B+.
The daily commute in and out of Waterford
On a workday 489 residents head out to work, 13 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 930 people are in Waterford on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
22% of working residents work in St. Johnsbury
Where Waterford clocks in
22% of workers
9% 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.
62% of the jobs in Waterford make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Waterford, 2014 → 2024: 91 → 141. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waterford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, about the VT average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Waterford workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 611 commuters (the 15% 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 Waterford commutes less than 13 miles
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Getting around Waterford: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Waterford is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 721 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). 3.6% of Waterford households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Waterford’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Waterford ranks: 1,448th of 4,866 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,700
| # | 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% | 2% | 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% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 873 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 7% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,446 | Tano Road NM | 1,586 | $183K | 9.8% | 6.4% | 4% | B− |
| 1,447 | Ridgeway Township MI | 1,484 | $80K | 10.1% | 2.0% | 2% | B− |
| 1,448 | Waterford VT | 1,288 | $109K | 7.0% | 1.0% | 3% | B− |
| 1,449 | Rio FL | 1,232 | $92K | 13.6% | 17.6% | 1% | B− |
| 1,450 | Muniz TX | 1,601 | $91K | 20.7% | 3.8% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,866 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | 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 Waterford, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
31% of Waterford works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to St. Johnsbury (22%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Waterford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waterford | – | B− | C | 24 min | $109,375 |
| Concord | under 3% | C− | C | 27 min | $73,304 |
| Barnet | under 3% | C | C− | 28 min | $67,386 |
| St. Johnsbury | 22% | C | A | 20 min | $57,738 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Waterford’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 2024, 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 Waterford: questions
What is the median household income in Waterford?
$109,375 (±$18,521) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Waterford?
7.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Waterford?
24 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Waterford work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Johnsbury (22%, 8 mi), Littleton (9%, 7 mi), Lyndon (6%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Waterford walkable?
Waterford is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Waterford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Waterford, from the people who make the trip.
More of Waterford
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.