Work & commute · Grand Isle

Work & commute in Grand Isle, VT

Most working residents leave Grand Isle for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (19%), South Burlington (11%) and Colchester (10%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

59 of 948 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 889 Grand Isle residents head out of town to work, 59 work right here, and 200 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Grand Isle.

889live here, work elsewhere

59live and work here

200work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Grand Isle goes to work

Burlington15.8 mi away

19%180

South Burlington20.2 mi away

11%108

Colchester11.8 mi away

10%94

Williston22.2 mi away

8%78

South Hero6.2 mi away

7%68

Grand Isle (in town)right here

6%59

Milton8.4 mi away

4%39

Essex17.4 mi away

4%37

Essex Junction18.1 mi away

3%30

St. Albans12.4 mi away

3%26

Everywhere elseother towns and states

24%229

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

How far

How far Grand Isle commutes

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

18%

68%

18%Under 10 mi

68%10–24 mi

5%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Grand Isle is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Grand Isle are

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

Jobs based in Grand Isle

259 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)38%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Grand Isle residents hold

948 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−6%

Jobs based in Grand Isle, 2013 → 2023: 277 → 259. 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.