Work & commute · Shrewsbury

Work & commute in Shrewsbury, VT

Most working residents leave Shrewsbury for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Killington (29%), Rutland (21%) and Rutland (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13 of 531 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 518 Shrewsbury residents head out of town to work, 13 work right here, and 133 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shrewsbury.

518live here, work elsewhere

13live and work here

133work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shrewsbury goes to work

Killington10 mi away

29%154

Rutland8.4 mi away

21%112

Rutland9.6 mi away

7%38

Mendon7.4 mi away

4%23

Woodstock16.4 mi away

3%18

Ludlow11.8 mi away

3%15

Shrewsbury (in town)right here

2%13

Clarendon6.5 mi away

2%9

South Burlington65.1 mi away

1%7

Castleton17.5 mi away

1%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%135

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

How far

How far Shrewsbury commutes

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

46%

34%

13%

46%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shrewsbury is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Shrewsbury are

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

Jobs based in Shrewsbury

146 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Shrewsbury residents hold

531 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−18%

Jobs based in Shrewsbury, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 146. 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.