Work & commute · Barton

Work & commute in Barton, VT

About one in 4 of Barton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Newport (13%), Derby (8%) and St. Johnsbury (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

294 of 1,176 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 882 Barton residents head out of town to work, 294 work right here, and 899 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barton.

882live here, work elsewhere

294live and work here

899work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barton goes to work

Barton (in town)right here

25%294

Newport11.9 mi away

13%147

Derby12.6 mi away

8%99

St. Johnsbury22.6 mi away

4%46

Irasburg7.4 mi away

3%32

Lyndon16.5 mi away

3%32

Glover7.5 mi away

2%24

Jay21.7 mi away

2%23

Morristown28.7 mi away

2%21

Berlin46.1 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%438

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

How far

How far Barton commutes

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

36%

33%

15%

17%

36%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Barton are

1,193 jobs are based in Barton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Barton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Barton

1,193 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Barton residents hold

1,176 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+17%

Jobs based in Barton, 2013 → 2023: 1,018 → 1,193. 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.