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Work & commute · Leicester

Work & commute in Leicester, VT

Most working residents leave Leicester for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Middlebury (32%), Rutland (5%) and Brandon (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
3%
14 of 495 working residents
Typical commute
15 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
28 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
13%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 481 Leicester residents head out of town to work, 14 work right here, and 231 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Leicester.

481live here, work elsewhere
14live and work here
231work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Leicester goes to work

RutlandBurlingtonSouth BurlingtonBensonBrandonCastletonBristolGoshenChittendenShorehamRutlandPittsfordProctorWhitingLeicesterSalisburyMiddleburyMiddleburyRutlandBrandonBurlingtonSalisburyBristolShorehamSouth BurlingtonRutlandLeicester
1
Middlebury8.9 mi away
32%159
2
Rutland19.3 mi away
5%25
3
Brandon4.9 mi away
5%23
4
Burlington43.2 mi away
4%19
5
Salisbury3.6 mi away
4%19
6
Bristol15.7 mi away
3%14
7
Shoreham10.9 mi away
3%14
8
Leicester (in town)right here
3%14
9
South Burlington39 mi away
3%13
10
Rutland17.5 mi away
2%10
Everywhere elseother towns and states
37%185

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

How far

How far Leicester commutes

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

24%Under 10 mi
45%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Leicester is a commuter town

0.49jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Leicester are

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

Jobs based in Leicester

245 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities3%
Services (health, schools, offices…)84%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Leicester residents hold

495 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)26%
Trade, transport & utilities19%
Services (health, schools, offices…)56%
$1,250 a month or less18%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+266%

Jobs based in Leicester, 2013 → 2023: 67 → 245. 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.

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