Work & commute · Ludlow

Work & commute in Ludlow, VT

44% of Ludlow’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Springfield (7%), Rutland (3%) and Dover (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

44%

399 of 915 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 516 Ludlow residents head out of town to work, 399 work right here, and 1,548 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ludlow.

516live here, work elsewhere

399live and work here

1,548work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ludlow goes to work

Ludlow (in town)right here

44%399

Springfield13.3 mi away

7%60

Rutland20.2 mi away

3%26

Dover30.6 mi away

3%25

Hartford24.5 mi away

2%21

Cavendish5.2 mi away

2%18

Brattleboro37.1 mi away

2%16

Chester8.4 mi away

2%16

Rutland21.3 mi away

2%15

Killington18.6 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

33%305

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

How far

How far Ludlow commutes

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

47%

23%

13%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ludlow is a job hub

2.13jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ludlow are

1,947 jobs are based in Ludlow. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ludlow’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ludlow

1,947 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs Ludlow residents hold

915 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month48%

+1%

Jobs based in Ludlow, 2013 → 2023: 1,936 → 1,947. 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.