Work & commute · Hardwick

Work & commute in Hardwick, VT

About one in 4 of Hardwick’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Morristown (11%), Stowe (8%) and Montpelier (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

296 of 1,224 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 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 928 Hardwick residents head out of town to work, 296 work right here, and 668 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hardwick.

928live here, work elsewhere

296live and work here

668work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hardwick goes to work

Hardwick (in town)right here

24%296

Morristown14.6 mi away

11%138

Stowe18.1 mi away

8%93

Montpelier20.7 mi away

3%41

St. Johnsbury17.4 mi away

3%41

Barre23.5 mi away

3%34

Greensboro6.5 mi away

3%34

Cabot9.5 mi away

3%33

Burlington44 mi away

2%26

Wolcott6.1 mi away

2%24

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%464

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

How far

How far Hardwick commutes

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

33%

41%

17%

33%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hardwick is balanced between jobs and homes

0.79jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.79 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Hardwick are

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

Jobs based in Hardwick

964 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities35%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Hardwick residents hold

1,224 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

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Jobs based in Hardwick, 2013 → 2023: 962 → 964. 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.