Photo: Jared and Corin · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Windham works elsewhere
Working residents average 27 minutes each way, next to 24 for Vermont and 26 for the U.S. Employers in Windham report 39 jobs, against 184 working residents. Only 2% work in Windham itself; outside it, Townshend draws the most (14%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Windham, and who commutes in
On a workday 181 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Windham on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
Commuting out of Windham: the destinations
Where Windham clocks in
14% of workers
10% 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.
Goods jobs make up 59% of work in Windham
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Windham, 2013 → 2023: 35 → 39. 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 Windham’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Windham, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Windham workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 213 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.
Half of Windham commutes less than 18 miles
About 20% 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.
Windham and its neighbors: 20% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Windham workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windham | – | — | — | 27 min | $94,500 |
| Londonderry | 3% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $85,179 |
| Grafton | 3% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Townshend | 14% | C+ | B+ | 25 min | $78,750 |
| Chester | under 4% | C+ | A− | 28 min | $62,125 |
| Jamaica | under 4% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Andover | under 4% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Grafton, Jamaica and Andover: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Townshend. Darker towns draw more of Windham’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 Windham: questions
What is the median household income in Windham?
$94,500 (±$11,966) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Windham?
9.9%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Windham?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Windham work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Townshend (14%, 7 mi), Brattleboro (10%, 22 mi), Ludlow (4%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Windham without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Windham, from the people who make the trip.
More of Windham
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.