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Work & commute · Townshend

Work & commute in Townshend, VT

Most working residents leave Townshend for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Brattleboro (14%), Rockingham (5%) and Springfield (5%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
11%
53 of 479 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
25 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
28%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 426 Townshend residents head out of town to work, 53 work right here, and 551 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Townshend.

426live here, work elsewhere
53live and work here
551work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Townshend goes to work

WalpoleBrattleboroLondonderryWardsboroSpringfieldJamaicaGraftonBrooklineAthensLudlowStrattonTownshendNewfaneRockinghamWestminsterWindhamBrattleboroRockinghamSpringfieldGraftonStrattonNewfaneLondonderryBrooklineLudlowTownshend
1
Brattleboro14.6 mi away
14%65
2
Townshend (in town)right here
11%53
3
Rockingham11.2 mi away
5%26
4
Springfield18.4 mi away
5%25
5
Grafton8.4 mi away
5%24
6
Stratton11.9 mi away
4%21
7
Newfane6.9 mi away
4%20
8
Londonderry10.9 mi away
3%14
9
Brookline4.6 mi away
3%14
10
Ludlow22.6 mi away
3%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%203

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

How far

How far Townshend commutes

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

30%Under 10 mi
47%10–24 mi
7%25–50 mi
15%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Townshend is balanced between jobs and homes

1.26jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.26 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Townshend are

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

Jobs based in Townshend

604 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)76%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Townshend residents hold

479 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)25%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)58%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%
Over $3,333 a month59%
+22%

Jobs based in Townshend, 2013 → 2023: 497 → 604. 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.

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