Work & commute · New Haven

Work & commute in New Haven, VT

Most working residents leave New Haven for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Middlebury (27%), Vergennes (9%) and South Burlington (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

40 of 755 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 715 New Haven residents head out of town to work, 40 work right here, and 452 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Haven.

715live here, work elsewhere

40live and work here

452work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Haven goes to work

Middlebury7.5 mi away

27%204

Vergennes6.2 mi away

9%69

South Burlington22.9 mi away

6%44

New Haven (in town)right here

5%40

Burlington27 mi away

5%36

Addison8.9 mi away

4%30

Williston22.7 mi away

3%23

Weybridge5.3 mi away

3%23

Bristol5.8 mi away

3%22

Rutland35.5 mi away

3%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%244

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

How far

How far New Haven commutes

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

51%

22%

17%

10%

51%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Haven is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Haven are

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

Jobs based in New Haven

492 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)32%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs New Haven residents hold

755 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−16%

Jobs based in New Haven, 2013 → 2023: 587 → 492. 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.