Work & commute · Castleton

Work & commute in Castleton, VT

Most working residents leave Castleton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Rutland (24%), Rutland (7%) and Fair Haven (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

219 of 1,403 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,184 Castleton residents head out of town to work, 219 work right here, and 1,282 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Castleton.

1,184live here, work elsewhere

219live and work here

1,282work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Castleton goes to work

Rutland9.6 mi away

24%342

Castleton (in town)right here

16%219

Rutland10.4 mi away

7%94

Fair Haven5.4 mi away

4%63

Middlebury24.2 mi away

3%42

South Burlington54.2 mi away

2%31

Clarendon11.9 mi away

2%31

Hartford38.8 mi away

2%28

Pittsford6.9 mi away

2%25

Killington18.8 mi away

1%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%509

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

How far

How far Castleton commutes

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

29%

36%

12%

23%

29%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Castleton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.07jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.07 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Castleton are

1,501 jobs are based in Castleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Castleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Castleton

1,501 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Castleton residents hold

1,403 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+10%

Jobs based in Castleton, 2013 → 2023: 1,361 → 1,501. 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.