Work & commute · North Bennington

Work & commute in North Bennington, VT

Most working residents leave North Bennington for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bennington (57%), Shaftsbury (4%) and Manchester (4%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16 of 597 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 581 North Bennington residents head out of town to work, 16 work right here, and 474 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Bennington.

581live here, work elsewhere

16live and work here

474work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Bennington goes to work

Bennington2.8 mi away

57%342

Shaftsbury4.2 mi away

4%26

Manchester19.1 mi away

4%26

Rutland49.4 mi away

2%14

Williamstown, MA15.6 mi away

2%13

Hartford67 mi away

2%9

Arlington9.8 mi away

1%8

South Burlington104.7 mi away

1%7

Brattleboro31.1 mi away

1%6

Williston104.4 mi away

1%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

23%140

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

How far

How far North Bennington commutes

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

63%

10%

16%

63%Under 10 mi

10%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Bennington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in North Bennington are

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

Jobs based in North Bennington

490 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month40%

Over $3,333 a month42%

Jobs North Bennington residents hold

597 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−37%

Jobs based in North Bennington, 2013 → 2023: 781 → 490. 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.