Work & commute · Fairlee

Work & commute in Fairlee, VT

Most working residents leave Fairlee for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (14%), Hanover (9%) and Lebanon (9%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

58 of 404 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 346 Fairlee residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 343 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairlee.

346live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

343work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairlee goes to work

Fairlee (in town)right here

14%58

Hartford20.3 mi away

14%57

Hanover, NH13.6 mi away

9%38

Lebanon, NH19.9 mi away

9%37

Bradford6.6 mi away

5%22

Thetford6.6 mi away

4%16

Norwich12.1 mi away

3%13

Newbury14.3 mi away

2%9

Burlington65.8 mi away

1%5

Wentworth, NH13.4 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%144

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

How far

How far Fairlee commutes

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

26%

46%

20%

26%Under 10 mi

46%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairlee is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairlee are

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

Jobs based in Fairlee

401 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Fairlee residents hold

404 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month61%

−5%

Jobs based in Fairlee, 2013 → 2023: 423 → 401. 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.