A job hub: Castleton Four Corners has 2.3 jobs per working resident, and 566 people come in to work
For 7% of workers, the job is at home (Vermont 17%). 584 jobs are based in Castleton Four Corners, and 254 of its residents work somewhere. Only 7% work in Castleton Four Corners itself; outside it, Rutland draws the most (24%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Castleton Four Corners stands out on work
Castleton Four Corners is where the jobs are
Castleton Four Corners has 584 jobs, 2.3 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 1,100 people are in town, 45% more than the 730 who live here. Day and night ↓
Castleton Four Corners makes and builds things
48% of the jobs based in Castleton Four Corners are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Castleton Four Corners residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Castleton Four Corners has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Castleton Four Corners went from 411 in 2013 to 584 in 2023, +42%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 254 working residents, small shifts move the shares; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Who works in Castleton Four Corners, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 236 residents head out to work and 18 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Castleton Four Corners on a workday afternoon, 45% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Factories, building and farms: 48% of the jobs in Castleton Four Corners
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Castleton Four Corners, 2013 → 2023: 411 → 584. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Castleton Four Corners’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip into Castleton Four Corners
Where Castleton Four Corners clocks in
16% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Getting to work from Castleton Four Corners takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Castleton Four Corners workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 354 commuters (the 7% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How many miles Castleton Four Corners commutes
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Castleton Four Corners: questions
What is the poverty rate in Castleton Four Corners?
12.9%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Castleton Four Corners?
18 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Castleton Four Corners work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rutland (24%, 12 mi), Castleton (16%, 4 mi), Fair Haven (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Castleton Four Corners without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Castleton Four Corners, from the people who make the trip.
More of Castleton Four Corners
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.