Photo: chensiyuan · CC BY-SA 4.0How Quechee works: jobs, income and commuting
For 0% of workers, the job is at home, against 17% across Vermont. Only 2% work in Quechee; the top destination outside it is Hartford (28%, 2 miles). There are 216 jobs in Quechee for 311 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Quechee apart on work
Many Quechee workers cross into New Hampshire
57% of Quechee workers work outside Vermont, the Census survey finds. In the commute data, Lebanon (22%), Hanover (10%) and Manchester (1%) are among the top workplaces. The commute map ↓
Few Quechee workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across Vermont. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
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 311 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Quechee’s residents
Where Quechee clocks in
28% of workers
22% of workers
10% 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.
Working from home in Quechee
of Quechee workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 112 commuters (the 0% 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.
The daily flow of workers through Quechee
On a workday 306 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 211 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Quechee on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.69 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
What Quechee’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Quechee, 2013 → 2023: 248 → 216. 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 Quechee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Quechee to work
About 19% 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 Quechee: questions
What is the poverty rate in Quechee?
26.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Quechee work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (28%, 2 mi), Lebanon (22%, 8 mi), Hanover (10%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Quechee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Quechee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Quechee
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.