Work & commute · Dover

Work & commute in Dover, VT

About one in 3 of Dover’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Wilmington (12%), Brattleboro (6%) and Bennington (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

37%

206 of 562 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 356 Dover residents head out of town to work, 206 work right here, and 1,010 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dover.

356live here, work elsewhere

206live and work here

1,010work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dover goes to work

Dover (in town)right here

37%206

Wilmington5.9 mi away

12%65

Brattleboro13 mi away

6%32

Bennington19.3 mi away

3%19

Ludlow30.6 mi away

3%16

Stratton8.7 mi away

2%10

Newfane7.4 mi away

2%9

Hartford53.6 mi away

1%7

Burlington107.3 mi away

1%6

Keene, NH27.3 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%187

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

How far

How far Dover commutes

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

51%

17%

24%

51%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

24%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dover is a job hub

2.16jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.2 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dover are

1,216 jobs are based in Dover. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dover’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dover

1,216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)91%

$1,250 a month or less49%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month30%

Jobs Dover residents hold

562 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+23%

Jobs based in Dover, 2013 → 2023: 989 → 1,216. 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.