Work & commute · Orwell

Work & commute in Orwell, VT

Most working residents leave Orwell for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Middlebury (37%), Shoreham (7%) and Rutland (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31 of 581 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 550 Orwell residents head out of town to work, 31 work right here, and 195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Orwell.

550live here, work elsewhere

31live and work here

195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Orwell goes to work

Middlebury15.5 mi away

37%214

Shoreham6.5 mi away

7%41

Orwell (in town)right here

5%31

Rutland20.4 mi away

4%26

South Burlington43.6 mi away

3%17

Bridport12.2 mi away

3%17

Burlington47.2 mi away

3%16

Vergennes24.8 mi away

3%15

Cornwall11 mi away

2%11

Brandon10.1 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%183

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

How far

How far Orwell commutes

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

15%

56%

17%

12%

15%Under 10 mi

56%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Orwell is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Orwell are

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

Jobs based in Orwell

226 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)39%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Orwell residents hold

581 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+40%

Jobs based in Orwell, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 226. 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.