Work & commute · Stowe

Work & commute in Stowe, VT

49% of Stowe’s working residents work right in town. The top destinations are Morristown (9%), Burlington (7%) and Waterbury (3%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

49%

1,067 of 2,186 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,119 Stowe residents head out of town to work, 1,067 work right here, and 3,175 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stowe.

1,119live here, work elsewhere

1,067live and work here

3,175work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stowe goes to work

Stowe (in town)right here

49%1,067

Morristown5.2 mi away

9%205

Burlington26 mi away

7%157

Waterbury7.3 mi away

3%60

South Burlington23.4 mi away

2%54

Montpelier17.1 mi away

2%49

Berlin21.5 mi away

2%41

Williston19.4 mi away

2%37

Colchester25.6 mi away

1%31

Hartford59.4 mi away

1%28

Everywhere elseother towns and states

21%457

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

How far

How far Stowe commutes

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

59%

22%

11%

59%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stowe is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Stowe are

4,242 jobs are based in Stowe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stowe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stowe

4,242 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less26%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month49%

Jobs Stowe residents hold

2,186 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+23%

Jobs based in Stowe, 2013 → 2023: 3,457 → 4,242. 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.