Photo: Jessamyn West · CC BY-SA 3.0Whiting has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
51 jobs are based in Whiting; 163 of its residents have a job. Only 1% work in Whiting itself; outside it, Middlebury draws the most (30%, 10 miles). For 10% of workers, the job is at home, 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
Who works in Whiting, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 161 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 49 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Whiting on a workday afternoon, 27% 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 Whiting goes to work
Where Whiting clocks in
30% 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.
Making and building: 41% of jobs based in Whiting
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whiting, 2013 → 2023: 20 → 51. 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 Whiting’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Whiting: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whiting workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 287 commuters (the 10% 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 Whiting’s workers travel
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.
How Whiting compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Shoreham (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whiting workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whiting | – | — | — | 22 min | $91,250 |
| Salisbury | under 2% | B | B | 19 min | $99,688 |
| Leicester | under 2% | C | C+ | 28 min | $70,417 |
| Orwell | 3% | C− | B− | 27 min | $70,417 |
| Cornwall | under 2% | B+ | D | 24 min | $114,583 |
| Shoreham | 4% | B− | B− | 26 min | $93,654 |
| Sudbury | under 2% | — | — | 50 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Sudbury: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Whiting’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 Whiting: questions
What is the median household income in Whiting?
$91,250 (±$37,709) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whiting?
11.5%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whiting?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whiting work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Middlebury (30%, 10 mi), Bridport (6%, 9 mi), Rutland (5%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Whiting without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 17% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whiting, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whiting
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.