Work & commute · Wardsboro

Work & commute in Wardsboro, VT

Most working residents leave Wardsboro for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Stratton (28%), Dover (10%) and Brattleboro (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 398 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 393 Wardsboro residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 42 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wardsboro.

393live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

42work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wardsboro goes to work

Stratton7 mi away

28%111

Dover4.5 mi away

10%40

Brattleboro14.1 mi away

8%32

Londonderry12.3 mi away

5%19

Newfane6.3 mi away

4%16

Jamaica5.6 mi away

4%14

Townshend7 mi away

3%13

Wilmington10.3 mi away

3%12

Keene, NH25.6 mi away

2%6

Manchester16.4 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%129

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

How far

How far Wardsboro commutes

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

47%

29%

16%

47%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

16%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wardsboro is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wardsboro are

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

Jobs based in Wardsboro

47 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)45%

$1,250 a month or less38%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month36%

Jobs Wardsboro residents hold

398 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less30%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month44%

−25%

Jobs based in Wardsboro, 2013 → 2023: 63 → 47. 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.