Work & commute · Shaftsbury

Work & commute in Shaftsbury, VT

Most working residents leave Shaftsbury for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Bennington (45%), Manchester (8%) and Arlington (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

111 of 1,437 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 1,326 Shaftsbury residents head out of town to work, 111 work right here, and 403 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shaftsbury.

1,326live here, work elsewhere

111live and work here

403work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shaftsbury goes to work

Bennington6.4 mi away

45%642

Manchester15 mi away

8%118

Shaftsbury (in town)right here

8%111

Arlington5.8 mi away

6%86

Rutland45.2 mi away

3%37

Burlington104.6 mi away

1%21

South Burlington100.7 mi away

1%21

Williamstown, MA19.6 mi away

1%17

Hartford63.1 mi away

1%16

Hoosick, NY9.9 mi away

1%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%353

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

How far

How far Shaftsbury commutes

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

58%

17%

10%

14%

58%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

14%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shaftsbury is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shaftsbury are

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

Jobs based in Shaftsbury

514 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Shaftsbury residents hold

1,437 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−7%

Jobs based in Shaftsbury, 2013 → 2023: 552 → 514. 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.