Work & commute · Wells

Work & commute in Wells, VT

Most working residents leave Wells for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Rutland (25%), Poultney (9%) and Rutland (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

8 of 507 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

48 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 499 Wells residents head out of town to work, 8 work right here, and 55 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wells.

499live here, work elsewhere

8live and work here

55work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wells goes to work

Rutland15.7 mi away

25%127

Poultney6.7 mi away

9%46

Rutland18.3 mi away

5%26

Castleton14.6 mi away

5%24

Fair Haven12.7 mi away

5%24

Granville, NY5.9 mi away

4%21

Manchester20.2 mi away

2%12

Middlebury38.8 mi away

2%12

Clarendon11.9 mi away

2%11

Pawlet5.7 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%194

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

How far

How far Wells commutes

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

17%

53%

12%

17%

17%Under 10 mi

53%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wells 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 Wells are

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

Jobs based in Wells

63 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month33%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Wells residents hold

507 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month58%

−20%

Jobs based in Wells, 2013 → 2023: 79 → 63. 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.