Work & commute · Jay

Work & commute in Jay, VT

Most working residents leave Jay for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Newport (20%), Derby (9%) and Troy (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

33 of 197 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 164 Jay residents head out of town to work, 33 work right here, and 687 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Jay.

164live here, work elsewhere

33live and work here

687work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Jay goes to work

Newport14.5 mi away

20%40

Jay (in town)right here

17%33

Derby18.1 mi away

9%17

Troy6.2 mi away

7%13

Westfield5.2 mi away

5%10

Morristown29.1 mi away

5%10

Hartford89.5 mi away

3%6

Burlington48.2 mi away

2%4

South Burlington48.9 mi away

2%4

Williston46.5 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%56

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

How far

How far Jay commutes

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

31%

34%

22%

13%

31%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Jay is a job hub

3.65jobs per working resident

A job hub

3.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Jay are

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

Jobs based in Jay

720 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)4%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less48%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month22%

Jobs Jay residents hold

197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month43%

−8%

Jobs based in Jay, 2013 → 2023: 780 → 720. 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.