Work & commute · Hancock

Work & commute in Hancock, VT

Most working residents leave Hancock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Middlebury (18%), Bristol (12%) and Burlington (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1 of 139 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 138 Hancock residents head out of town to work, 1 work right here, and 39 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hancock.

138live here, work elsewhere

1live and work here

39work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hancock goes to work

Middlebury12 mi away

18%25

Bristol14.8 mi away

12%17

Burlington43.6 mi away

6%8

South Burlington38.9 mi away

5%7

Lincoln13.2 mi away

4%6

Waitsfield20 mi away

4%5

Vergennes24.7 mi away

3%4

Hinesburg30.6 mi away

3%4

Williston37.2 mi away

3%4

Berlin24.9 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%55

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

How far

How far Hancock commutes

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

54%

34%

4%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hancock is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hancock are

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

Jobs based in Hancock

40 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Hancock residents hold

139 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−52%

Jobs based in Hancock, 2013 → 2023: 83 → 40. 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.