Work & commute · Rutland

Work & commute in Rutland, VT

41% of Rutland’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Rutland (11%), Killington (5%) and Clarendon (3%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

41%

3,166 of 7,698 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

16 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,532 Rutland residents head out of town to work, 3,166 work right here, and 8,041 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rutland.

4,532live here, work elsewhere

3,166live and work here

8,041work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rutland goes to work

Rutland (in town)right here

41%3,166

Rutland2.7 mi away

11%821

Killington10.2 mi away

5%398

Clarendon5.3 mi away

3%239

South Burlington58 mi away

2%184

Castleton9.6 mi away

2%137

Hartford29.8 mi away

2%135

Middlebury28 mi away

2%123

Burlington62.4 mi away

1%113

Pittsford7.8 mi away

1%111

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%2,271

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

How far

How far Rutland commutes

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

64%

11%

17%

64%Under 10 mi

7%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rutland is balanced between jobs and homes

1.46jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Rutland are

11,207 jobs are based in Rutland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rutland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rutland

11,207 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Rutland residents hold

7,698 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

−9%

Jobs based in Rutland, 2013 → 2023: 12,282 → 11,207. 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.