Work & commute · Johnson

Work & commute in Johnson, VT

Most working residents leave Johnson for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Morristown (22%), Stowe (12%) and Johnson (10%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 504 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 492 Johnson residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 128 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Johnson.

492live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

128work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Johnson goes to work

Morristown6.5 mi away

22%112

Stowe10.2 mi away

12%60

Johnson0.9 mi away

10%48

Hyde Park5.4 mi away

5%24

Cambridge6.8 mi away

4%22

Williston25.1 mi away

4%22

South Burlington28.4 mi away

4%19

Burlington29.4 mi away

3%14

Waterbury17.4 mi away

3%13

Colchester27.5 mi away

2%10

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%160

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

How far

How far Johnson commutes

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

42%

26%

22%

42%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Johnson is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Johnson are

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

Jobs based in Johnson

140 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)1%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Johnson residents hold

504 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month54%

−44%

Jobs based in Johnson, 2013 → 2023: 249 → 140. 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.