Work & commute · Shelburne

Work & commute in Shelburne, VT

Most working residents leave Shelburne for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (30%), South Burlington (14%) and Williston (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

471 of 3,197 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

31%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,726 Shelburne residents head out of town to work, 471 work right here, and 2,768 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelburne.

2,726live here, work elsewhere

471live and work here

2,768work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelburne goes to work

Burlington7.1 mi away

30%967

Shelburne (in town)right here

15%471

South Burlington4.5 mi away

14%443

Williston7.8 mi away

6%207

Colchester11.4 mi away

4%141

Essex Junction9.5 mi away

3%90

Essex14 mi away

3%82

Hinesburg8.7 mi away

2%54

Winooski7.9 mi away

1%47

Vergennes15.3 mi away

1%46

Everywhere elseother towns and states

20%649

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

How far

How far Shelburne commutes

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

76%

76%Under 10 mi

9%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelburne is balanced between jobs and homes

1.01jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelburne are

3,239 jobs are based in Shelburne. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shelburne’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shelburne

3,239 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Shelburne residents hold

3,197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+19%

Jobs based in Shelburne, 2013 → 2023: 2,726 → 3,239. 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.