Work & commute · Bennington

Work & commute in Bennington, VT

56% of Bennington’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Arlington (5%), Manchester (4%) and Shaftsbury (3%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56%

3,556 of 6,362 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,806 Bennington residents head out of town to work, 3,556 work right here, and 5,068 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bennington.

2,806live here, work elsewhere

3,556live and work here

5,068work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bennington goes to work

Bennington (in town)right here

56%3,556

Arlington12.2 mi away

5%307

Manchester20.7 mi away

4%229

Shaftsbury6.4 mi away

3%169

Rutland51.4 mi away

2%139

Hartford68 mi away

2%136

Williamstown, MA13.2 mi away

2%133

Brattleboro29.4 mi away

2%113

Williston106.8 mi away

1%65

South Burlington107.1 mi away

1%64

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%1,451

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

How far

How far Bennington commutes

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

60%

14%

18%

60%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bennington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.36jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.36 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bennington are

8,624 jobs are based in Bennington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bennington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bennington

8,624 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Bennington residents hold

6,362 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

−5%

Jobs based in Bennington, 2013 → 2023: 9,114 → 8,624. 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.