Work & commute · Fayston

Work & commute in Fayston, VT

Most working residents leave Fayston for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Warren (14%), Waitsfield (13%) and Burlington (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

90 of 571 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 481 Fayston residents head out of town to work, 90 work right here, and 557 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fayston.

481live here, work elsewhere

90live and work here

557work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fayston goes to work

Fayston (in town)right here

16%90

Warren7.5 mi away

14%79

Waitsfield5.2 mi away

13%73

Burlington25.7 mi away

5%31

Berlin13.7 mi away

5%28

South Burlington20.9 mi away

4%23

Montpelier15.8 mi away

4%21

Waterbury13.6 mi away

3%16

Hartford45.8 mi away

2%14

Barre18.7 mi away

2%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%183

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

How far

How far Fayston commutes

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

46%

28%

16%

46%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fayston 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 Fayston are

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

Jobs based in Fayston

647 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)90%

$1,250 a month or less28%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Fayston residents hold

571 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+71%

Jobs based in Fayston, 2013 → 2023: 378 → 647. 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.