Work & commute · Georgia

Work & commute in Georgia, VT

Most working residents leave Georgia for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (14%), South Burlington (12%) and St. Albans (10%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

179 of 2,489 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,310 Georgia residents head out of town to work, 179 work right here, and 1,081 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Georgia.

2,310live here, work elsewhere

179live and work here

1,081work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Georgia goes to work

Burlington16.8 mi away

14%346

South Burlington19.9 mi away

12%306

St. Albans6.5 mi away

10%243

Colchester12.6 mi away

7%184

Georgia (in town)right here

7%179

Milton5.5 mi away

7%169

Williston20.3 mi away

7%168

St. Albans6.2 mi away

5%135

Essex13.3 mi away

5%119

Essex Junction16.1 mi away

4%96

Everywhere elseother towns and states

22%544

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

How far

How far Georgia commutes

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

31%

57%

31%Under 10 mi

57%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Georgia is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Georgia are

1,260 jobs are based in Georgia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Georgia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Georgia

1,260 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)59%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)19%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Georgia residents hold

2,489 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+10%

Jobs based in Georgia, 2013 → 2023: 1,145 → 1,260. 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.