Work & commute · Westford

Work & commute in Westford, VT

Most working residents leave Westford for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (18%), South Burlington (10%) and Williston (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21 of 984 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 963 Westford residents head out of town to work, 21 work right here, and 173 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westford.

963live here, work elsewhere

21live and work here

173work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westford goes to work

Burlington14.1 mi away

18%178

South Burlington14.7 mi away

10%96

Williston13.1 mi away

8%82

Essex5.3 mi away

6%56

Jericho10 mi away

5%49

Colchester11.5 mi away

5%49

Essex Junction9.8 mi away

5%46

Underhill7.4 mi away

3%31

Bolton15.6 mi away

2%21

Westford (in town)right here

2%21

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%355

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

How far

How far Westford commutes

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

24%

61%

24%Under 10 mi

61%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westford is a commuter town

0.20jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Westford are

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

Jobs based in Westford

194 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Westford residents hold

984 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+6%

Jobs based in Westford, 2013 → 2023: 183 → 194. 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.