Work & commute · Ripton

Work & commute in Ripton, VT

Most working residents leave Ripton for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Middlebury (19%), Bristol (8%) and Burlington (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 261 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 257 Ripton residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 54 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ripton.

257live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

54work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ripton goes to work

Middlebury6.2 mi away

19%50

Bristol8.2 mi away

8%21

Burlington37.1 mi away

5%12

South Burlington32.5 mi away

5%12

Rutland25.9 mi away

3%9

Lincoln7.6 mi away

3%9

Vergennes18 mi away

3%8

Williston31.1 mi away

3%8

Colchester40.9 mi away

3%8

Randolph19.7 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%118

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

How far

How far Ripton commutes

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

27%

31%

30%

13%

27%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ripton is a commuter town

0.22jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ripton are

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

Jobs based in Ripton

58 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Ripton residents hold

261 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+123%

Jobs based in Ripton, 2013 → 2023: 26 → 58. 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.