Work & commute · Swanton

Work & commute in Swanton, VT

Most working residents leave Swanton for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Swanton (15%), St. Albans (13%) and St. Albans (12%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

77 of 1,016 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 939 Swanton residents head out of town to work, 77 work right here, and 754 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Swanton.

939live here, work elsewhere

77live and work here

754work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Swanton goes to work

Swanton1.1 mi away

15%153

St. Albans7.9 mi away

13%137

St. Albans8 mi away

12%119

Burlington30.4 mi away

10%102

South Burlington33.9 mi away

6%59

Colchester26.1 mi away

6%58

Milton19.4 mi away

4%41

Williston34.2 mi away

4%39

Highgate3.9 mi away

3%32

Essex Junction30 mi away

2%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

25%251

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.

44%

12%

34%

11%

44%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

34%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Swanton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.82jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.82 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Swanton are

831 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

831 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Swanton residents hold

1,016 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)52%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+89%

Jobs based in Swanton, 2013 → 2023: 440 → 831. 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.