Work & commute · Hartford

Work & commute in Hartford, VT

About one in 4 of Hartford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (23%), Hanover (12%) and Norwich (2%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

1,083 of 4,378 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,295 Hartford residents head out of town to work, 1,083 work right here, and 7,808 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartford.

3,295live here, work elsewhere

1,083live and work here

7,808work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartford goes to work

Hartford (in town)right here

25%1,083

Lebanon, NH6.9 mi away

23%1,011

Hanover, NH10.8 mi away

12%526

Norwich8.4 mi away

2%103

Woodstock9.5 mi away

2%78

Burlington71.2 mi away

2%67

Windsor13.2 mi away

1%47

Springfield26.2 mi away

1%43

Hartland6.4 mi away

1%43

Keene, NH49.3 mi away

1%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%1,335

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

How far

How far Hartford commutes

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

61%

14%

16%

61%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartford is a job hub

2.03jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.0 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartford are

8,891 jobs are based in Hartford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hartford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hartford

8,891 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Hartford residents hold

4,378 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+4%

Jobs based in Hartford, 2013 → 2023: 8,534 → 8,891. 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.