Work & commute · Highgate

Work & commute in Highgate, VT

Most working residents leave Highgate for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Swanton (15%), St. Albans (13%) and St. Albans (12%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

98 of 1,532 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,434 Highgate residents head out of town to work, 98 work right here, and 409 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Highgate.

1,434live here, work elsewhere

98live and work here

409work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Highgate goes to work

Swanton4.9 mi away

15%227

St. Albans11.3 mi away

13%194

St. Albans10.5 mi away

12%178

South Burlington36.9 mi away

6%99

Highgate (in town)right here

6%98

Burlington33.7 mi away

5%82

Williston36.9 mi away

4%56

Milton22.5 mi away

4%55

Colchester29.4 mi away

3%52

Georgia17 mi away

3%52

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%439

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

How far

How far Highgate commutes

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

39%

22%

30%

10%

39%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Highgate is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Highgate are

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

Jobs based in Highgate

507 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Highgate residents hold

1,532 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)48%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−38%

Jobs based in Highgate, 2013 → 2023: 813 → 507. 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.