Work & commute · Middlebury

Work & commute in Middlebury, VT

56% of Middlebury’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Burlington (3%), South Burlington (2%) and Williston (2%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56%

1,751 of 3,111 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,360 Middlebury residents head out of town to work, 1,751 work right here, and 6,046 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middlebury.

1,360live here, work elsewhere

1,751live and work here

6,046work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middlebury goes to work

Middlebury (in town)right here

56%1,751

Burlington34.4 mi away

3%96

South Burlington30.2 mi away

2%74

Williston29.5 mi away

2%58

Bristol7.5 mi away

2%55

Rutland28 mi away

2%52

Vergennes13.3 mi away

2%51

New Haven7.5 mi away

1%43

Colchester38.5 mi away

1%36

Rutland26 mi away

1%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%864

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

How far

How far Middlebury commutes

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

61%

19%

12%

61%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middlebury is a job hub

2.51jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Middlebury are

7,797 jobs are based in Middlebury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middlebury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middlebury

7,797 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Middlebury residents hold

3,111 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+18%

Jobs based in Middlebury, 2013 → 2023: 6,582 → 7,797. 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.