Work & commute · St. Johnsbury

Work & commute in St. Johnsbury, VT

About one in 3 of St. Johnsbury’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Lyndon (8%), Littleton (4%) and Derby (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38%

1,100 of 2,906 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

20 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,806 St. Johnsbury residents head out of town to work, 1,100 work right here, and 3,221 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in St. Johnsbury.

1,806live here, work elsewhere

1,100live and work here

3,221work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where St. Johnsbury goes to work

St. Johnsbury (in town)right here

38%1,100

Lyndon6.3 mi away

8%230

Littleton, NH13.1 mi away

4%112

Derby34.6 mi away

3%100

Danville6.1 mi away

3%97

Burke11 mi away

2%62

Burlington60.9 mi away

2%47

Williston53.9 mi away

1%42

Berlin35.3 mi away

1%40

South Burlington58 mi away

1%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%1,037

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

How far

How far St. Johnsbury commutes

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

51%

13%

17%

19%

51%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

St. Johnsbury is balanced between jobs and homes

1.49jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in St. Johnsbury are

4,321 jobs are based in St. Johnsbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs St. Johnsbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in St. Johnsbury

4,321 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs St. Johnsbury residents hold

2,906 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−13%

Jobs based in St. Johnsbury, 2013 → 2023: 4,945 → 4,321. 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.