Work & commute · Thetford

Work & commute in Thetford, VT

Most working residents leave Thetford for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (17%), Hanover (17%) and Hartford (11%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

179 of 1,127 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 948 Thetford residents head out of town to work, 179 work right here, and 349 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thetford.

948live here, work elsewhere

179live and work here

349work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thetford goes to work

Lebanon, NH13.9 mi away

17%195

Hanover, NH8.6 mi away

17%187

Thetford (in town)right here

16%179

Hartford13.7 mi away

11%120

Norwich5.5 mi away

4%47

Bradford12.9 mi away

3%37

Fairlee6.6 mi away

3%31

Lyme, NH7.9 mi away

1%15

Windsor26.4 mi away

1%13

Burlington66.8 mi away

1%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

26%292

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

How far

How far Thetford commutes

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

36%

42%

15%

36%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

7%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thetford is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thetford are

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

Jobs based in Thetford

528 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)42%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Thetford residents hold

1,127 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+6%

Jobs based in Thetford, 2013 → 2023: 498 → 528. 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.