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Work & commute in East Poultney · A commuter town

98% of East Poultney’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave East Poultney for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rutland (21%), Poultney (13%) and Castleton (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Work in town
2%
2 of 112 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Work from home
28%
More than VT (17%)
Jobs based here
19
A commuter town
Work out of state
36%
mostly Massachusetts

What kind of work town is East Poultney?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

21% of working residents work in Rutland

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

North Adams: 2 residents work here (2%)Glens Falls: 2 residents work here (2%)PoultneyEssex JunctionRutland: 23 residents work here (21%)Burlington: 2 residents work here (2%)South Burlington: 3 residents work here (3%)HebronWhite CreekCastleton: 7 residents work here (6%)WellsFair Haven: 3 residents work here (3%)Dorset: 4 residents work here (4%)Poultney: 15 residents work here (13%)NewburyRutland: 5 residents work here (4%)East PoultneyRutlandPoultneyCastletonRutlandDorsetSouth BurlingtonEast Poultney
1
Rutland13.2 mi away
21%23
2
Poultney1.6 mi away
13%15
3
Castleton9.2 mi away
6%7
4
Rutland15.5 mi away
4%5
5
Dorset19 mi away
4%4
63%3
7
Fair Haven6.9 mi away
3%3
8
North Adams, MA58.9 mi away
2%2
9
Glens Falls, NY26.2 mi away
2%2
10
Burlington66.8 mi away
2%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
41%46
The top trips

Where East Poultney clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

Working from home in East Poultney

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

Working from home
28%

of East Poultney workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
Day and night

East Poultney quiets down on a workday

On a workday 110 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 17 people come in from elsewhere.

110live here, work elsewhere
2live and work here
17work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night180
Workday83
180live here− 110head out to work+ 17come in to work= 83on a workday

About 83 people are in East Poultney on a workday afternoon, 53% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.17jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of East Poultney commutes less than 14 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miRutland: 21% · 13.2 miPoultney: 13% · 1.6 miCastleton: 6% · 9.2 miRutland: 4% · 15.5 miDorset: 4% · 19 miSouth Burlington: 3% · 63 miFair Haven: 3% · 6.9 miNorth Adams: 2% · 58.9 miGlens Falls: 2% · 26.2 miBurlington: 2% · 66.8 miRutland 21%Poultney 13%Castleton 6%Rutland 4%Dorset 4%East Poultney
East PoultneyTop destinations (size = commuters)
24%Under 10 mi27 residents
37%10–24 mi41 residents
17%25–50 mi19 residents
22%Over 50 mi25 residents

About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 19 jobs in East Poultney are

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

Jobs based in East PoultneyJobs East Poultney residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms11%21%
Trade, transport & utilities32%19%
Services: health, schools, offices58%60%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less5%16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%24%
Over $3,333 a month63%60%

Who does it

29 or younger21%25%
30 to 5447%47%
55 and older32%28%
+58%

Jobs based in East Poultney, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 19. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

East Poultney and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of East Poultney’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Poultney: few work herePoultneyEast Poultney
10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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