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Work & commute in Cambridge, VT

Most working residents leave Cambridge for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Cambridge (22%), Burlington (10%) and Colchester (9%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
2%
2 of 89 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
30 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
8%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 87 Cambridge residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 106 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cambridge.

87live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
106work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Cambridge goes to work

CambridgeBarreEssex JunctionRutlandBurlingtonSouth BurlingtonFairfaxSt. AlbansHyde ParkCambridgeWillistonSwantonColchesterWatervilleJohnsonStoweFletcherEdenEssexCambridgeBurlingtonColchesterEssexSouth BurlingtonWillistonStoweEssex JunctionSt. AlbansHyde ParkCambridge
1
Cambridge3.3 mi away
22%20
2
Burlington20.3 mi away
10%9
3
Colchester17.9 mi away
9%8
4
Essex10.8 mi away
9%8
5
South Burlington20.3 mi away
8%7
6
Williston17.9 mi away
6%5
7
Stowe13 mi away
4%4
8
Essex Junction15.3 mi away
3%3
9
St. Albans17.7 mi away
3%3
10
Hyde Park15.3 mi away
3%3
Everywhere elseother towns and states
21%19

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

How far

How far Cambridge commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
63%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Cambridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.21jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.21 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Cambridge are

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

Jobs based in Cambridge

108 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)2%
Trade, transport & utilities56%
Services (health, schools, offices…)43%
$1,250 a month or less32%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%
Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Cambridge residents hold

89 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)10%
Trade, transport & utilities13%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%
Over $3,333 a month63%
+42%

Jobs based in Cambridge, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 108. 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.

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