Work & commute · Poultney

Work & commute in Poultney, VT

Most working residents leave Poultney for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Rutland (20%), Castleton (6%) and Rutland (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

165 of 1,240 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,075 Poultney residents head out of town to work, 165 work right here, and 367 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Poultney.

1,075live here, work elsewhere

165live and work here

367work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Poultney goes to work

Rutland11.6 mi away

20%242

Poultney (in town)right here

13%165

Castleton7.9 mi away

6%70

Rutland13.9 mi away

5%61

Fair Haven6.6 mi away

4%54

Granville, NY10 mi away

3%38

Manchester26.7 mi away

2%27

Middlebury32.1 mi away

2%27

Wells6.7 mi away

2%22

Dorset19.4 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%512

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

How far

How far Poultney commutes

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

29%

36%

15%

20%

29%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Poultney is a commuter town

0.43jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Poultney are

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

Jobs based in Poultney

532 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Poultney residents hold

1,240 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−42%

Jobs based in Poultney, 2013 → 2023: 915 → 532. 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.