Work & commute · Essex Junction

Work & commute in Essex Junction, VT

Most working residents leave Essex Junction for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (23%), South Burlington (15%) and Williston (9%). Half commute less than 4 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

633 of 5,551 working residents

Typical commute

4 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,918 Essex Junction residents head out of town to work, 633 work right here, and 4,867 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Essex Junction.

4,918live here, work elsewhere

633live and work here

4,867work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Essex Junction goes to work

Burlington6.2 mi away

23%1,260

South Burlington5 mi away

15%842

Essex Junction (in town)right here

11%633

Williston4.3 mi away

9%506

Essex4.6 mi away

8%462

Colchester7 mi away

7%405

Winooski3.5 mi away

3%150

Shelburne9.5 mi away

2%97

Milton11 mi away

2%86

St. Albans22.2 mi away

1%74

Everywhere elseother towns and states

19%1,036

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

How far

How far Essex Junction 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?

Essex Junction is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Essex Junction are

5,500 jobs are based in Essex Junction. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Essex Junction’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Essex Junction

5,500 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)51%

Trade, transport & utilities5%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month13%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Essex Junction residents hold

5,551 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−23%

Jobs based in Essex Junction, 2013 → 2023: 7,163 → 5,500. 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.