Work & commute · Rochester

Work & commute in Rochester, VT

Most working residents leave Rochester for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Bethel (14%), Randolph (13%) and Royalton (8%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

30 of 480 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

41%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 450 Rochester residents head out of town to work, 30 work right here, and 223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rochester.

450live here, work elsewhere

30live and work here

223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rochester goes to work

Bethel7 mi away

14%67

Randolph11.4 mi away

13%62

Royalton14.5 mi away

8%36

Rochester (in town)right here

6%30

Hartford26.7 mi away

6%28

Lebanon, NH33.4 mi away

4%18

Rutland20 mi away

4%17

Woodstock24.2 mi away

3%13

Montpelier29.7 mi away

3%12

Middlebury16.6 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%186

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

How far

How far Rochester commutes

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

28%

34%

26%

11%

28%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rochester is a commuter town

0.53jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rochester are

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

Jobs based in Rochester

253 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Rochester residents hold

480 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+5%

Jobs based in Rochester, 2013 → 2023: 241 → 253. 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.