Work & commute · Walden

Work & commute in Walden, VT

Most working residents leave Walden for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Johnsbury (20%), Lyndon (14%) and Morristown (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 347 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 345 Walden residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 29 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Walden.

345live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

29work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Walden goes to work

St. Johnsbury11 mi away

20%68

Lyndon11.3 mi away

14%49

Morristown21 mi away

4%13

Hardwick6.5 mi away

3%11

Danville6 mi away

3%9

Newport31 mi away

2%8

Burlington50 mi away

2%8

Derby32.3 mi away

2%8

Greensboro8.4 mi away

2%8

South Burlington47.3 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%158

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

How far

How far Walden commutes

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

16%

52%

21%

11%

16%Under 10 mi

52%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Walden is a commuter town

0.09jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Walden are

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

Jobs based in Walden

31 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less23%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month48%

Jobs Walden residents hold

347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+24%

Jobs based in Walden, 2013 → 2023: 25 → 31. 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.