Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0About half of West Brattleboro’s working residents commute to Brattleboro
The trip to work takes 28 minutes on average; Vermont averages 24, the U.S. 26. Only 3% stay in West Brattleboro for work; outside it, Brattleboro is the main destination (50%, 2 miles). Employers in West Brattleboro report 489 jobs, and 1,140 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in West Brattleboro: the gist
Short distances, slow trips
Half of West Brattleboro’s working residents have a job less than 4 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 28 minutes, longer than the Vermont average of 24. Time on the road ↓
Most West Brattleboro residents work close to home
60% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. How far ↓
West Brattleboro’s workforce skews older
36% of West Brattleboro’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
About 28 minutes each way for West Brattleboro’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of West Brattleboro workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,080 commuters (the 20% 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 far West Brattleboro goes to work
About 21% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The kinds of work in West Brattleboro
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in West Brattleboro, 2014 → 2024: 385 → 489. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs West Brattleboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of West Brattleboro on a workday
On a workday 1,102 residents head out to work, 38 work right here, and 451 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in West Brattleboro on a workday afternoon, 24% fewer than live here.
0.43 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that employ West Brattleboro’s residents
Where West Brattleboro clocks in
50% of workers
3% of workers
2% 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.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 West Brattleboro: questions
What is the median household income in West Brattleboro?
$44,827 (±$7,884) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in West Brattleboro?
14.5%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from West Brattleboro?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in West Brattleboro work?
3% work in town.
Can you get around West Brattleboro without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from West Brattleboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of West Brattleboro
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.