Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Whitingham has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Whitingham is better than 15% of U.S. towns (C−); for walkability it is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (C+). There are 127 jobs in Whitingham, and 493 of its residents work somewhere. 10% of workers have no commute at all, against 17% across Vermont.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Whitingham: the gist
How Whitingham earns its Jobs & income grade
Household income holds Whitingham’s grade up ($70,625, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 5% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (5.4%) is left out: Whitingham’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Whitingham could be anywhere from D− to B.
A commute of about 38 minutes in Whitingham
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Whitingham workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 475 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.
In and out of Whitingham on a workday
On a workday 450 residents head out to work, 43 work right here, and 84 people come in from elsewhere.
About 970 people are in Whitingham 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.
25% of working residents work in Wilmington
Where Whitingham clocks in
25% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
51% of the jobs in Whitingham make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Whitingham, 2013 → 2023: 170 → 127. 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 Whitingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Whitingham
About 26% 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 trips from Whitingham start in a car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 4.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 526 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). 2.0% of Whitingham households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Whitingham’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Whitingham is 4,050th of 5,400 U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
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| 531 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 603 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 779 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,048 | Perry Township OH | 1,325 | $70K | 20.0% | 7.3% | 2% | C− |
| 4,049 | South Creek Township PA | 1,106 | $57K | 17.1% | 8.1% | 2% | C− |
| 4,050 | Whitingham VT | 1,336 | $71K | 15.5% | 5.4% | 9% | C− |
| 4,051 | Point Clear AL | 1,511 | $46K | 16.1% | 0.0% | 1% | C− |
| 4,052 | Salamatof AK | 1,149 | $67K | 14.2% | 34.0% | — | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Whitingham, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
The towns next door employ 25% of Whitingham
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Whitingham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitingham | – | C− | C+ | 38 min | $70,625 |
| Readsboro | under 2% | — | — | 32 min | — |
| Wilmington | 25% | C+ | A | 21 min | $70,000 |
| Halifax | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Readsboro and Halifax: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Wilmington. Darker towns draw more of Whitingham’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 Whitingham: questions
What is the median household income in Whitingham?
$70,625 (±$10,782) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Whitingham?
15.5%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Whitingham?
38 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Whitingham work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Wilmington (25%, 7 mi), Dover (11%, 13 mi), Brattleboro (8%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Whitingham walkable?
Whitingham is more walkable than 45% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Whitingham without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Whitingham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Whitingham
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.