Work & commute · Kirby

Work & commute in Kirby, VT

Most working residents leave Kirby for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Lyndon (20%), Burke (15%) and St. Johnsbury (14%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 232 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 230 Kirby residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kirby.

230live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

26work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kirby goes to work

Lyndon6.6 mi away

20%46

Burke9.1 mi away

15%35

St. Johnsbury4.1 mi away

14%33

Newport34.6 mi away

3%8

Burlington64.7 mi away

3%7

Danville10.2 mi away

3%6

Littleton, NH11.4 mi away

2%4

Hartford60.7 mi away

2%4

Williston57.8 mi away

2%4

Morristown35.6 mi away

2%4

Everywhere elseother towns and states

35%81

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

How far

How far Kirby commutes

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

50%

14%

13%

23%

50%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

13%25–50 mi

23%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kirby is a commuter town

0.12jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Kirby are

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

Jobs based in Kirby

28 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less43%

$1,251–$3,333 a month43%

Over $3,333 a month14%

Jobs Kirby residents hold

232 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

+87%

Jobs based in Kirby, 2013 → 2023: 15 → 28. 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.