Work & commute · Derby Line

Work & commute in Derby Line, VT

Most working residents leave Derby Line for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Newport (27%), Derby (26%) and Barton (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

19 of 317 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 298 Derby Line residents head out of town to work, 19 work right here, and 340 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Derby Line.

298live here, work elsewhere

19live and work here

340work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Derby Line goes to work

Newport6.6 mi away

27%85

Derby3.5 mi away

26%82

Barton15.9 mi away

5%16

Berlin61.2 mi away

3%9

Burlington65.7 mi away

3%8

Hartford93.2 mi away

3%8

Brighton18.2 mi away

2%6

Canaan24.9 mi away

2%5

Jay19.8 mi away

2%5

Morristown40.8 mi away

1%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%89

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

How far

How far Derby Line commutes

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

54%

11%

26%

54%Under 10 mi

11%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

26%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Derby Line is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Derby Line are

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

Jobs based in Derby Line

359 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Derby Line residents hold

317 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−36%

Jobs based in Derby Line, 2013 → 2023: 564 → 359. 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.