Work & commute · Ira

Work & commute in Ira, VT

Most working residents leave Ira for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rutland (30%), Clarendon (7%) and Rutland (7%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

3 of 152 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 149 Ira residents head out of town to work, 3 work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ira.

149live here, work elsewhere

3live and work here

10work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ira goes to work

Rutland6.9 mi away

30%45

Clarendon5.4 mi away

7%11

Rutland9.4 mi away

7%11

Castleton7.5 mi away

4%6

Arlington34.7 mi away

3%4

Essex Junction64.6 mi away

2%3

Middletown Springs5 mi away

2%3

Williston60.4 mi away

2%3

Manchester27 mi away

2%3

Ira (in town)right here

2%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%60

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

How far

How far Ira commutes

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

55%

14%

11%

19%

55%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ira is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ira are

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

Jobs based in Ira

13 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities31%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Ira residents hold

152 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−78%

Jobs based in Ira, 2013 → 2023: 59 → 13. 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.