Work & commute · Vermont

Work & commute in Vermont, IL

Most working residents leave Vermont for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Macomb (14%), Astoria (8%) and Peoria (7%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15 of 222 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 207 Vermont residents head out of town to work, 15 work right here, and 64 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vermont.

207live here, work elsewhere

15live and work here

64work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vermont goes to work

Macomb18 mi away

14%32

Astoria6 mi away

8%17

Vermont (in town)right here

7%15

Peoria53 mi away

7%15

Vermont2.5 mi away

6%14

Rushville14.1 mi away

5%11

Beardstown19.7 mi away

5%10

Mount Sterling27.8 mi away

4%8

Chicago178.2 mi away

3%6

Havana19.6 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%89

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Vermont commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

23%

32%

13%

32%

23%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

32%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vermont is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Vermont are

79 jobs are based in Vermont. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vermont’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vermont

79 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Vermont residents hold

222 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+55%

Jobs based in Vermont, 2013 → 2023: 51 → 79. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.