Work & commute · Cavendish

Work & commute in Cavendish, VT

Most working residents leave Cavendish for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Springfield (17%), Ludlow (15%) and Hartford (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

63 of 649 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 586 Cavendish residents head out of town to work, 63 work right here, and 201 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Cavendish.

586live here, work elsewhere

63live and work here

201work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Cavendish goes to work

Springfield9.5 mi away

17%110

Ludlow5.2 mi away

15%99

Cavendish (in town)right here

10%63

Hartford21.3 mi away

4%24

Rutland23.9 mi away

4%23

Lebanon, NH23.8 mi away

3%20

Woodstock13.8 mi away

3%17

Claremont, NH13.4 mi away

2%14

Williston75.4 mi away

2%11

Dover32.4 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%257

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

How far

How far Cavendish commutes

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

40%

27%

13%

20%

40%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Cavendish is a commuter town

0.41jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Cavendish are

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

Jobs based in Cavendish

264 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month42%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Cavendish residents hold

649 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−20%

Jobs based in Cavendish, 2013 → 2023: 328 → 264. 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.