Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Wheelock has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
20 jobs are based in Wheelock for 304 working residents. Only 1% stay in Wheelock for work; outside it, St. Johnsbury is the main destination (16%, 10 miles). The average commute takes 28 minutes each way, next to 24 for Vermont and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wheelock stands out on work
In and out of Wheelock on a workday
On a workday 300 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere.
About 470 people are in Wheelock on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Where Wheelock goes to work
Where Wheelock clocks in
16% of workers
12% 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.
The kinds of work in Wheelock
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wheelock, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 20. 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 Wheelock’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Wheelock: about 28 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wheelock workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 273 commuters (the 21% 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 Wheelock
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.
Wheelock and its neighbors: 19% work next door
The biggest share goes to Lyndon (12%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wheelock workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wheelock | – | — | — | 28 min | $64,792 |
| Sheffield | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Danville | 4% | B | C− | 33 min | $70,946 |
| Stannard | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
| Greensboro | 3% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Lyndon | 12% | B− | A | 23 min | $68,786 |
| Sutton | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sheffield, Stannard, Greensboro and Sutton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wheelock’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 Wheelock: questions
What is the median household income in Wheelock?
$64,792 (±$19,502) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wheelock?
8.7%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wheelock?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wheelock work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Johnsbury (16%, 10 mi), Lyndon (12%, 7 mi), Hardwick (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wheelock without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wheelock, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wheelock
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.