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Work & commute · South Hero

Work & commute in South Hero, VT

Most working residents leave South Hero for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Burlington (19%), South Burlington (12%) and Colchester (9%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
7%
55 of 789 working residents
Typical commute
14 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
26%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 734 South Hero residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in South Hero.

734live here, work elsewhere
55live and work here
239work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where South Hero goes to work

WinooskiEssex JunctionBurlingtonSouth BurlingtonPlattsburghPeruWillistonMiltonNorth HeroSouth HeroGrand IsleColchesterAlburghEssexGeorgiaBurlingtonSouth BurlingtonColchesterWillistonGrand IsleMiltonEssexEssex JunctionWinooskiSouth Hero
1
Burlington10 mi away
19%148
2
South Burlington14.7 mi away
12%98
3
Colchester6.6 mi away
9%68
4
Williston17.3 mi away
7%57
5
South Hero (in town)right here
7%55
6
Grand Isle6.2 mi away
6%48
7
Milton7.7 mi away
4%35
8
Essex14.3 mi away
4%28
9
Essex Junction13.6 mi away
3%26
10
Winooski11.1 mi away
2%15
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%211

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

How far

How far South Hero commutes

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

22%Under 10 mi
62%10–24 mi
8%25–50 mi
8%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

South Hero is a commuter town

0.37jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in South Hero are

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

Jobs based in South Hero

294 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)13%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less28%
$1,251–$3,333 a month30%
Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs South Hero residents hold

789 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)17%
Trade, transport & utilities22%
Services (health, schools, offices…)61%
$1,250 a month or less13%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+16%

Jobs based in South Hero, 2013 → 2023: 253 → 294. 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.

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