Work & commute · Sunderland

Work & commute in Sunderland, VT

Most working residents leave Sunderland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Manchester (23%), Arlington (18%) and Bennington (17%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22 of 396 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 374 Sunderland residents head out of town to work, 22 work right here, and 334 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunderland.

374live here, work elsewhere

22live and work here

334work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunderland goes to work

Manchester5.8 mi away

23%92

Arlington8 mi away

18%71

Bennington15.4 mi away

17%69

Sunderland (in town)right here

6%22

Rutland36.7 mi away

3%13

Dorset14.1 mi away

3%11

Winhall7.7 mi away

2%7

Burlington97.8 mi away

2%6

Danby17.8 mi away

2%6

South Burlington93.8 mi away

1%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%94

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

How far

How far Sunderland commutes

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

49%

28%

11%

12%

49%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunderland is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunderland are

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

Jobs based in Sunderland

356 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Sunderland residents hold

396 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+151%

Jobs based in Sunderland, 2013 → 2023: 142 → 356. 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.