Work & commute · Wheelock

Work & commute in Wheelock, VT

Most working residents leave Wheelock for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Johnsbury (16%), Lyndon (12%) and Hardwick (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 304 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 300 Wheelock residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wheelock.

300live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wheelock goes to work

St. Johnsbury10.3 mi away

16%50

Lyndon7.3 mi away

12%37

Hardwick9.7 mi away

6%17

Derby27 mi away

5%16

Danville8.7 mi away

4%13

Morristown23.8 mi away

4%12

Newport26.1 mi away

3%8

Greensboro6.8 mi away

3%8

South Burlington51.1 mi away

2%7

Burke11.8 mi away

2%7

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%129

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

How far

How far Wheelock commutes

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

30%

31%

21%

18%

30%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wheelock is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wheelock are

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

Jobs based in Wheelock

20 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month45%

Over $3,333 a month45%

Jobs Wheelock residents hold

304 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month59%

−9%

Jobs based in Wheelock, 2013 → 2023: 22 → 20. 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.