Work & commute · Wells River

Work & commute in Wells River, VT

Most working residents leave Wells River for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Bradford (13%), Haverhill (9%) and Newbury (9%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 158 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 154 Wells River residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 303 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wells River.

154live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

303work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wells River goes to work

Bradford10.9 mi away

13%21

Haverhill, NH6.4 mi away

9%15

Newbury3.6 mi away

9%15

Hartford37.5 mi away

9%14

Hanover, NH30.6 mi away

4%7

Lebanon, NH37.2 mi away

4%6

Barre22 mi away

3%5

Rutland59 mi away

3%4

Montpelier26.1 mi away

3%4

Orford, NH18.9 mi away

3%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%63

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

How far

How far Wells River commutes

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

20%

30%

25%

20%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

25%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wells River is a job hub

1.94jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.9 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Wells River are

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

Jobs based in Wells River

307 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities10%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Wells River residents hold

158 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−45%

Jobs based in Wells River, 2013 → 2023: 557 → 307. 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.