Work & commute · Brattleboro

Work & commute in Brattleboro, VT

52% of Brattleboro’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Keene (3%), Putney (2%) and Greenfield (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

52%

2,599 of 5,002 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,403 Brattleboro residents head out of town to work, 2,599 work right here, and 6,740 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brattleboro.

2,403live here, work elsewhere

2,599live and work here

6,740work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brattleboro goes to work

Brattleboro (in town)right here

52%2,599

Keene, NH17.7 mi away

3%133

Putney10.7 mi away

2%105

Greenfield, MA17.1 mi away

2%80

Hartford57 mi away

2%78

Westminster16.1 mi away

1%70

Wilmington11.9 mi away

1%63

Westmoreland, NH12.7 mi away

1%61

Springfield30.8 mi away

1%58

Bennington29.4 mi away

1%57

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%1,698

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

How far

How far Brattleboro commutes

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

59%

15%

20%

59%Under 10 mi

15%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brattleboro is a job hub

1.87jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Brattleboro are

9,339 jobs are based in Brattleboro. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brattleboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brattleboro

9,339 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Brattleboro residents hold

5,002 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−3%

Jobs based in Brattleboro, 2013 → 2023: 9,597 → 9,339. 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.