Work & commute · Topsham

Work & commute in Topsham, VT

Most working residents leave Topsham for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Bradford (9%), Barre (7%) and Corinth (6%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34 of 461 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 427 Topsham residents head out of town to work, 34 work right here, and 88 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Topsham.

427live here, work elsewhere

34live and work here

88work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Topsham goes to work

Bradford10.8 mi away

9%43

Topsham (in town)right here

7%34

Barre13.3 mi away

7%31

Corinth8 mi away

6%28

Hartford34.6 mi away

5%23

Berlin18.3 mi away

5%22

Lebanon, NH35.9 mi away

4%20

Hanover, NH30.2 mi away

4%17

Montpelier17.9 mi away

3%15

Fairlee16.7 mi away

3%13

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%215

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

How far

How far Topsham commutes

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

17%

42%

24%

16%

17%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Topsham is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Topsham are

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

Jobs based in Topsham

122 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Topsham residents hold

461 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month61%

+1%

Jobs based in Topsham, 2013 → 2023: 121 → 122. 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.