Work & commute · Bridport

Work & commute in Bridport, VT

Most working residents leave Bridport for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Middlebury (36%), Shoreham (6%) and Orwell (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11 of 536 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 525 Bridport residents head out of town to work, 11 work right here, and 162 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridport.

525live here, work elsewhere

11live and work here

162work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridport goes to work

Middlebury10.7 mi away

36%193

Shoreham5.8 mi away

6%31

Orwell12.2 mi away

5%29

Vergennes13.4 mi away

3%18

Burlington35.6 mi away

3%17

Brandon17.7 mi away

3%16

Rutland31.2 mi away

3%15

South Burlington32.3 mi away

2%12

Bridport (in town)right here

2%11

Colchester39.9 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%184

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

How far

How far Bridport commutes

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

38%

29%

23%

10%

38%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridport is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridport are

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

Jobs based in Bridport

173 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)25%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Bridport residents hold

536 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+13%

Jobs based in Bridport, 2013 → 2023: 153 → 173. 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.