Work & commute · West Rutland

Work & commute in West Rutland, VT

Most working residents leave West Rutland for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Rutland (34%), Rutland (11%) and Clarendon (3%). Half commute less than 5 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

89 of 1,191 working residents

Typical commute

5 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,102 West Rutland residents head out of town to work, 89 work right here, and 329 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in West Rutland.

1,102live here, work elsewhere

89live and work here

329work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where West Rutland goes to work

Rutland4.1 mi away

34%409

Rutland5.8 mi away

11%127

West Rutland (in town)right here

7%89

Clarendon6.5 mi away

3%40

Pittsford6.8 mi away

3%33

Castleton5.8 mi away

3%32

Killington14.1 mi away

3%32

South Burlington57.3 mi away

2%26

Brandon13.4 mi away

2%25

Williston56.5 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%356

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

How far

How far West Rutland commutes

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

62%

13%

17%

62%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

West Rutland is a commuter town

0.35jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in West Rutland are

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

Jobs based in West Rutland

418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities40%

Services (health, schools, offices…)30%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs West Rutland residents hold

1,191 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+24%

Jobs based in West Rutland, 2013 → 2023: 337 → 418. 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.