Work & commute · Swanton

Work & commute in Swanton, VT

Most working residents leave Swanton for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are St. Albans (14%), St. Albans (12%) and Burlington (9%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

479 of 3,067 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,588 Swanton residents head out of town to work, 479 work right here, and 1,358 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swanton.

2,588live here, work elsewhere

479live and work here

1,358work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swanton goes to work

Swanton (in town)right here

16%479

St. Albans6.9 mi away

14%423

St. Albans7 mi away

12%359

Burlington29.4 mi away

9%285

South Burlington32.8 mi away

6%180

Colchester25.1 mi away

5%143

Milton18.3 mi away

4%123

Williston33.2 mi away

4%121

Georgia12.9 mi away

3%91

Essex Junction29 mi away

3%87

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%776

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

How far

How far Swanton commutes

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

42%

16%

32%

10%

42%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swanton is a commuter town

0.60jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Swanton are

1,837 jobs are based in Swanton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Swanton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Swanton

1,837 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Swanton residents hold

3,067 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+24%

Jobs based in Swanton, 2013 → 2023: 1,483 → 1,837. 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.