Work & commute · Springfield

Work & commute in Springfield, VT

About one in 3 of Springfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Hartford (5%), Claremont (4%) and Lebanon (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

32%

1,324 of 4,108 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

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,784 Springfield residents head out of town to work, 1,324 work right here, and 2,331 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Springfield.

2,784live here, work elsewhere

1,324live and work here

2,331work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Springfield goes to work

Springfield (in town)right here

32%1,324

Hartford26.2 mi away

5%219

Claremont, NH9.8 mi away

4%148

Lebanon, NH26.3 mi away

4%147

Ludlow13.3 mi away

4%146

Charlestown, NH5.8 mi away

3%137

Chester7.5 mi away

3%128

Rockingham8.5 mi away

3%126

Windsor13 mi away

3%107

Brattleboro30.8 mi away

2%89

Everywhere elseother towns and states

37%1,537

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

How far

How far Springfield commutes

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

44%

20%

16%

44%Under 10 mi

20%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Springfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Springfield are

3,655 jobs are based in Springfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Springfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Springfield

3,655 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Springfield residents hold

4,108 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−10%

Jobs based in Springfield, 2013 → 2023: 4,064 → 3,655. 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.