Work & commute · West Fairlee

Work & commute in West Fairlee, VT

Most working residents leave West Fairlee for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lebanon (17%), Fairlee (12%) and Hartford (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 266 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 264 West Fairlee residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Fairlee.

264live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

14work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Fairlee goes to work

Lebanon, NH20 mi away

17%46

Fairlee2.1 mi away

12%33

Hartford19.7 mi away

10%26

Hanover, NH14.2 mi away

9%25

Bradford6.8 mi away

6%16

Norwich11.4 mi away

6%15

Thetford6.2 mi away

4%11

Berlin26.7 mi away

2%4

Manchester, NH75.7 mi away

1%3

Rutland43.6 mi away

1%3

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%84

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

How far

How far West Fairlee commutes

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

24%

49%

18%

24%Under 10 mi

49%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Fairlee is a commuter town

0.06jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Fairlee are

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

Jobs based in West Fairlee

16 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)88%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)13%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month44%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs West Fairlee residents hold

266 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+14%

Jobs based in West Fairlee, 2013 → 2023: 14 → 16. 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.