Rutland

City Commute Profile

Rutland, VT

Where Rutland’s 8,327 resident workers go each day — 41.0% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is North Clarendon.

VermontLODES 2023 data
87
Commute Score

87 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Rutland at a glance
Employed Residents
8,327
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
29.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
41.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
8.1%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
North Clarendon
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Rutland proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Rutland commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

Rutland

8,327 commutes, one dot at a time

Rutland

Where 8,327 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Rutland, by worker count.

1Rutland0.0 mi3,410
2North Clarendon2.5 mi374
3South Burlington58.9 mi199
4Killington Village9.9 mi168
5Burlington61.6 mi126
6Middlebury29.3 mi112
7Wilder33.5 mi79
8Brattleboro56.2 mi72

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Rutland.

1Rutland0.0 mi3,410
2West Rutland3.7 mi375
3Proctor4.8 mi289
4Fair Haven14.7 mi224
5Brandon14.2 mi130
6Castleton10.3 mi116
7Pittsford7.1 mi110
8Whitehall22.0 mi94

Top industries

The sectors that employ Rutland’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance34.0%
RTRetail Trade10.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services9.3%
EDEducational Services8.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.8%
MFManufacturing5.2%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services4.8%
PAPublic Administration3.7%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.2%

Rutland city profile

Who lives in Rutland — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
15,712
Median age
49.0yrs
Median household income
$57,675
Median home value
$185,500
Median gross rent
$995/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.4%
Poverty rate
15.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

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