Work & commute · Waitsfield

Work & commute in Waitsfield, VT

About one in 4 of Waitsfield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Warren (11%), Fayston (8%) and Burlington (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

24%

200 of 841 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 641 Waitsfield residents head out of town to work, 200 work right here, and 977 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Waitsfield.

641live here, work elsewhere

200live and work here

977work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Waitsfield goes to work

Waitsfield (in town)right here

24%200

Warren6.1 mi away

11%92

Fayston5.2 mi away

8%68

Burlington30.7 mi away

7%56

Montpelier12.6 mi away

5%46

Waterbury14.6 mi away

5%40

Berlin9.2 mi away

3%27

South Burlington25.9 mi away

3%24

Moretown6.8 mi away

3%23

Stowe21.9 mi away

2%14

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%251

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

How far

How far Waitsfield commutes

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

48%

25%

20%

48%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Waitsfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.40jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.40 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Waitsfield are

1,177 jobs are based in Waitsfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Waitsfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Waitsfield

1,177 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Waitsfield residents hold

841 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+21%

Jobs based in Waitsfield, 2013 → 2023: 975 → 1,177. 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.