Work & commute · Winooski

Work & commute in Winooski, VT

Most working residents leave Winooski for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (30%), South Burlington (13%) and Colchester (11%). Half commute less than 3 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

261 of 3,628 working residents

Typical commute

3 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,367 Winooski residents head out of town to work, 261 work right here, and 2,636 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winooski.

3,367live here, work elsewhere

261live and work here

2,636work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winooski goes to work

Burlington2.7 mi away

30%1,106

South Burlington4.1 mi away

13%487

Colchester4.5 mi away

11%399

Winooski (in town)right here

7%261

Williston6.3 mi away

7%243

Essex7.3 mi away

4%144

Essex Junction3.5 mi away

4%135

Shelburne7.9 mi away

3%91

St. Albans21.9 mi away

1%52

Hartford69.8 mi away

1%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

18%662

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

How far

How far Winooski commutes

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

80%

80%Under 10 mi

8%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winooski is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Winooski are

2,897 jobs are based in Winooski. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winooski’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winooski

2,897 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

Jobs Winooski residents hold

3,628 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+41%

Jobs based in Winooski, 2013 → 2023: 2,053 → 2,897. 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.