Work & commute · Pawlet

Work & commute in Pawlet, VT

Most working residents leave Pawlet for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (15%), Dorset (9%) and Rutland (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

70 of 435 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 365 Pawlet residents head out of town to work, 70 work right here, and 230 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pawlet.

365live here, work elsewhere

70live and work here

230work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pawlet goes to work

Pawlet (in town)right here

16%70

Manchester14.9 mi away

15%64

Dorset9.4 mi away

9%38

Rutland20.1 mi away

6%28

Granville, NY7.3 mi away

6%24

Burlington78.2 mi away

3%13

Poultney12.4 mi away

2%10

Glens Falls, NY23.3 mi away

2%9

Arlington20.7 mi away

2%9

South Burlington74.3 mi away

2%8

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%162

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

How far

How far Pawlet commutes

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

26%

44%

11%

19%

26%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pawlet is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Pawlet are

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

Jobs based in Pawlet

300 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities36%

Services (health, schools, offices…)35%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Pawlet residents hold

435 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month51%

+9%

Jobs based in Pawlet, 2013 → 2023: 275 → 300. 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.