Work & commute · Chittenden

Work & commute in Chittenden, VT

Most working residents leave Chittenden for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Rutland (21%), Killington (9%) and Pittsfield (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

59 of 596 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 537 Chittenden residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chittenden.

537live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chittenden goes to work

Rutland12.3 mi away

21%124

Chittenden (in town)right here

10%59

Killington10 mi away

9%54

Pittsfield3.5 mi away

5%32

Rutland9.6 mi away

5%29

Brandon9.1 mi away

3%17

Pittsford8.9 mi away

3%16

Middlebury19 mi away

3%16

Burlington52.2 mi away

2%12

South Burlington47.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%227

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

How far

How far Chittenden commutes

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

44%

28%

11%

17%

44%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chittenden is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chittenden are

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

Jobs based in Chittenden

237 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)93%

$1,250 a month or less31%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month39%

Jobs Chittenden residents hold

596 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+50%

Jobs based in Chittenden, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 237. 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.