Work & commute · Lyndon

Work & commute in Lyndon, VT

About one in 4 of Lyndon’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are St. Johnsbury (26%), Burke (5%) and Derby (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

518 of 2,101 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,583 Lyndon residents head out of town to work, 518 work right here, and 1,570 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lyndon.

1,583live here, work elsewhere

518live and work here

1,570work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lyndon goes to work

St. Johnsbury6.3 mi away

26%544

Lyndon (in town)right here

25%518

Burke5.8 mi away

5%98

Derby28.3 mi away

3%66

Danville9.6 mi away

2%42

Hartford64 mi away

2%37

Littleton, NH18 mi away

2%35

South Burlington58.1 mi away

2%34

Newport28.4 mi away

1%30

Barton16.5 mi away

1%25

Everywhere elseother towns and states

32%672

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

How far

How far Lyndon commutes

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

56%

12%

14%

18%

56%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lyndon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lyndon are

2,088 jobs are based in Lyndon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lyndon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lyndon

2,088 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Lyndon residents hold

2,101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−13%

Jobs based in Lyndon, 2013 → 2023: 2,409 → 2,088. 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.