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

RutlandHamptonWhitehallHebronGranvilleBensonMiddletown SpringsCastletonWellsFair HavenManchesterIraDorsetPoultneyPawletRutlandMiddleburyRutlandCastletonRutlandFair HavenGranvilleManchesterMiddleburyWellsDorsetPoultney
1
Rutland11.6 mi away
20%242
2
Poultney (in town)right here
13%165
3
Castleton7.9 mi away
6%70
4
Rutland13.9 mi away
5%61
5
Fair Haven6.6 mi away
4%54
6
Granville, NY10 mi away
3%38
7
Manchester26.7 mi away
2%27
8
Middlebury32.1 mi away
2%27
9
Wells6.7 mi away
2%22
10
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%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.

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