Work & commute · Dorset

Work & commute in Dorset, VT

Most working residents leave Dorset for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (24%), Rutland (5%) and Arlington (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

116 of 665 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

29%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 549 Dorset residents head out of town to work, 116 work right here, and 553 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dorset.

549live here, work elsewhere

116live and work here

553work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dorset goes to work

Manchester8.4 mi away

24%161

Dorset (in town)right here

17%116

Rutland22.7 mi away

5%36

Arlington18.1 mi away

5%34

Bennington29 mi away

5%31

Rupert8.6 mi away

3%18

Burlington84.1 mi away

2%16

Stratton15.2 mi away

2%16

South Burlington80 mi away

2%13

Hartford41.7 mi away

2%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%212

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

How far

How far Dorset commutes

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

47%

18%

17%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

18%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dorset is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Dorset are

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

Jobs based in Dorset

669 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Dorset residents hold

665 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+18%

Jobs based in Dorset, 2013 → 2023: 567 → 669. 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.