Work & commute · Royalton

Work & commute in Royalton, VT

Most working residents leave Royalton for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (11%), Hartford (8%) and Randolph (8%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

210 of 1,146 working residents

Typical commute

17 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 936 Royalton residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 855 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Royalton.

936live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

855work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Royalton goes to work

Royalton (in town)right here

18%210

Lebanon, NH19.4 mi away

11%131

Hartford13.3 mi away

8%91

Randolph7.9 mi away

8%89

Bethel7.7 mi away

4%41

Hanover, NH19.5 mi away

3%40

Woodstock15.2 mi away

3%33

Barre26.7 mi away

3%29

Pomfret8.2 mi away

2%23

Montpelier31.2 mi away

1%17

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%442

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

How far

How far Royalton commutes

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

30%

38%

15%

17%

30%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Royalton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Royalton are

1,065 jobs are based in Royalton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Royalton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Royalton

1,065 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Royalton residents hold

1,146 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+8%

Jobs based in Royalton, 2013 → 2023: 986 → 1,065. 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.