Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0West Dummerston has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Hardly any work in West Dummerston; the top destination outside it is Brattleboro (33%, 5 miles). West Dummerston has 2 jobs, against 36 working residents. 0% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for Vermont as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in West Dummerston: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 12 people are in West Dummerston on a workday afternoon, 74% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Out of West Dummerston to work: where people go
Where West Dummerston clocks in
33% 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.
100% of the jobs in West Dummerston pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Dummerston, 2013 → 2023: 1 → 2. 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 West Dummerston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in West Dummerston
of West Dummerston workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 44 commuters (the 0% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from West Dummerston
About 31% 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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 0% of West Dummerston workers work outside Vermont. The job records count 26% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in West Dummerston: questions
What is the poverty rate in West Dummerston?
0.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in West Dummerston work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brattleboro (33%, 5 mi), Rockingham (8%, 18 mi), Westmoreland (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around West Dummerston 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 West Dummerston, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Dummerston
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.