Work & commute · Rupert

Work & commute in Rupert, VT

Most working residents leave Rupert for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (27%), Dorset (18%) and Rutland (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

7 of 256 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 249 Rupert residents head out of town to work, 7 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rupert.

249live here, work elsewhere

7live and work here

73work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rupert goes to work

Manchester9.1 mi away

27%68

Dorset8.6 mi away

18%47

Rutland27 mi away

5%14

Arlington13.2 mi away

4%10

Bennington25.3 mi away

4%9

Rupert (in town)right here

3%7

Stratton18.5 mi away

3%7

Burlington85.7 mi away

2%5

Peru13.3 mi away

2%5

Hartford49.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%80

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

How far

How far Rupert commutes

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

31%

37%

15%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rupert is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Rupert are

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

Jobs based in Rupert

80 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)46%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Rupert residents hold

256 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month57%

+40%

Jobs based in Rupert, 2013 → 2023: 57 → 80. 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.