Work & commute · Colchester

Work & commute in Colchester, VT

Most working residents leave Colchester for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (25%), South Burlington (15%) and Williston (7%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,403 of 8,794 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 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 7,391 Colchester residents head out of town to work, 1,403 work right here, and 7,873 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colchester.

7,391live here, work elsewhere

1,403live and work here

7,873work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colchester goes to work

Burlington4.3 mi away

25%2,236

Colchester (in town)right here

16%1,403

South Burlington8.4 mi away

15%1,315

Williston10.7 mi away

7%618

Essex8.7 mi away

5%460

Essex Junction7 mi away

5%458

Winooski4.5 mi away

3%282

Milton7.1 mi away

2%187

Shelburne11.4 mi away

2%149

Hartford74.2 mi away

1%120

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%1,566

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

How far

How far Colchester commutes

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

78%

78%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colchester is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colchester are

9,276 jobs are based in Colchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Colchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Colchester

9,276 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Colchester residents hold

8,794 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+21%

Jobs based in Colchester, 2013 → 2023: 7,640 → 9,276. 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.