Work & commute · Berkshire

Work & commute in Berkshire, VT

Most working residents leave Berkshire for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Richford (12%), Enosburgh (11%) and St. Albans (10%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 701 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 671 Berkshire residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 164 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berkshire.

671live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

164work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berkshire goes to work

Richford7.2 mi away

12%82

Enosburgh6.5 mi away

11%78

St. Albans22.6 mi away

10%69

St. Albans20.1 mi away

10%68

Burlington41.1 mi away

5%33

South Burlington42.8 mi away

4%31

Swanton19.1 mi away

4%31

Berkshire (in town)right here

4%30

Williston41.3 mi away

3%22

Sheldon10.1 mi away

3%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%237

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

How far

How far Berkshire commutes

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

30%

33%

27%

11%

30%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berkshire is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Berkshire are

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

Jobs based in Berkshire

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)64%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Berkshire residents hold

701 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+3%

Jobs based in Berkshire, 2013 → 2023: 188 → 194. 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.