Work & commute · Berlin

Work & commute in Berlin, VT

Most working residents leave Berlin for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Montpelier (15%), Barre (9%) and Burlington (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

174 of 1,226 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 1,052 Berlin residents head out of town to work, 174 work right here, and 4,558 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berlin.

1,052live here, work elsewhere

174live and work here

4,558work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berlin goes to work

Montpelier5.7 mi away

15%178

Berlin (in town)right here

14%174

Barre5.2 mi away

9%114

Burlington37.4 mi away

6%74

East Montpelier9 mi away

4%54

Northfield4.9 mi away

4%43

South Burlington32.9 mi away

3%42

Barre6.8 mi away

3%37

Waterbury15.1 mi away

3%33

Williston29.1 mi away

3%33

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%444

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

How far

How far Berlin commutes

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

54%

12%

27%

54%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berlin is a job hub

3.86jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Berlin are

4,732 jobs are based in Berlin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berlin

4,732 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Berlin residents hold

1,226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+3%

Jobs based in Berlin, 2013 → 2023: 4,595 → 4,732. 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.