Work & commute · Putney

Work & commute in Putney, VT

About one in 5 of Putney’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Brattleboro (26%), Westminster (4%) and Rockingham (3%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

197 of 936 working residents

Typical commute

10 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 739 Putney residents head out of town to work, 197 work right here, and 654 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Putney.

739live here, work elsewhere

197live and work here

654work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Putney goes to work

Brattleboro10.7 mi away

26%246

Putney (in town)right here

21%197

Westminster5.6 mi away

4%39

Rockingham12.2 mi away

3%30

Keene, NH11.6 mi away

2%19

Dummerston6.1 mi away

2%19

Springfield20.7 mi away

1%12

Williston103 mi away

1%11

Manchester, NH54.9 mi away

1%10

Burlington109.3 mi away

1%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%343

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

How far

How far Putney commutes

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

47%

22%

10%

20%

47%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

20%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Putney is balanced between jobs and homes

0.91jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.91 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Putney are

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

Jobs based in Putney

851 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less24%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Putney residents hold

936 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−8%

Jobs based in Putney, 2013 → 2023: 925 → 851. 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.