Work & commute · Arlington

Work & commute in Arlington, VT

Most working residents leave Arlington for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (23%), Bennington (15%) and Sunderland (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

155 of 944 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 789 Arlington residents head out of town to work, 155 work right here, and 1,139 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Arlington.

789live here, work elsewhere

155live and work here

1,139work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Arlington goes to work

Manchester10.7 mi away

23%216

Arlington (in town)right here

16%155

Bennington12.2 mi away

15%143

Sunderland8 mi away

7%62

Rutland39.8 mi away

3%25

Dorset18.1 mi away

3%25

Shaftsbury5.8 mi away

2%21

Londonderry23.4 mi away

2%18

Brattleboro32.9 mi away

2%16

Peru20.8 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%248

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

How far

How far Arlington commutes

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

41%

32%

13%

41%Under 10 mi

32%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Arlington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.37jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Arlington are

1,294 jobs are based in Arlington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Arlington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Arlington

1,294 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Arlington residents hold

944 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

+61%

Jobs based in Arlington, 2013 → 2023: 806 → 1,294. 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.