Work & commute · Ferrisburgh

Work & commute in Ferrisburgh, VT

Most working residents leave Ferrisburgh for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (14%), Middlebury (11%) and South Burlington (11%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

134 of 1,299 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,165 Ferrisburgh residents head out of town to work, 134 work right here, and 540 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ferrisburgh.

1,165live here, work elsewhere

134live and work here

540work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ferrisburgh goes to work

Burlington20.1 mi away

14%182

Middlebury16 mi away

11%149

South Burlington16.8 mi away

11%140

Vergennes2.7 mi away

10%134

Ferrisburgh (in town)right here

10%134

Williston18 mi away

5%60

Shelburne13 mi away

4%52

Colchester24.4 mi away

3%33

Charlotte7.4 mi away

2%23

Essex25.8 mi away

2%20

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%372

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

How far

How far Ferrisburgh commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

27%

54%

11%

27%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ferrisburgh is a commuter town

0.52jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.52 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ferrisburgh are

674 jobs are based in Ferrisburgh. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ferrisburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ferrisburgh

674 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Ferrisburgh residents hold

1,299 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−26%

Jobs based in Ferrisburgh, 2013 → 2023: 910 → 674. 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.