Work & commute · Rockingham

Work & commute in Rockingham, VT

About one in 5 of Rockingham’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Brattleboro (8%), Westminster (8%) and Springfield (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

462 of 2,131 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,669 Rockingham residents head out of town to work, 462 work right here, and 1,272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rockingham.

1,669live here, work elsewhere

462live and work here

1,272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rockingham goes to work

Rockingham (in town)right here

22%462

Brattleboro22.4 mi away

8%168

Westminster6.6 mi away

8%168

Springfield8.5 mi away

7%140

Walpole, NH8.1 mi away

6%123

Keene, NH18 mi away

4%76

Hartford34.7 mi away

3%56

Claremont, NH17.3 mi away

2%45

Lebanon, NH34.5 mi away

2%42

Chester10.1 mi away

2%42

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%809

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

How far

How far Rockingham commutes

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

40%

31%

14%

15%

40%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rockingham is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rockingham are

1,734 jobs are based in Rockingham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rockingham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rockingham

1,734 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Rockingham residents hold

2,131 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−2%

Jobs based in Rockingham, 2013 → 2023: 1,771 → 1,734. 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.