Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Alburgh commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
There are 56 jobs in Alburgh for 265 working residents. Only 2% work in Alburgh; the top destination outside it is Burlington (10%, 34 miles). Working from home is the commute for 8% of workers, next to 17% for Vermont as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Alburgh
Alburgh’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Alburgh is Burlington, 34 miles away as the crow flies. 10% of working residents (27) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Alburgh is a place people come home to
There are 56 jobs based in Alburgh, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Alburgh has about 400 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Alburgh workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 24 across Vermont. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 265 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where in the region Alburgh works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who works in Alburgh, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Alburgh on a workday afternoon, 34% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The trip to work from Alburgh: about 36 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alburgh workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 226 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Vermont: 82% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns that employ Alburgh’s residents
Where Alburgh clocks in
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Jobs in Alburgh: what the 56 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alburgh, 2013 → 2023: 31 → 56. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Alburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Alburgh: questions
What is the median household income in Alburgh?
$60,000 (±$37,092) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alburgh?
14.5%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alburgh?
36 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alburgh work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (10%, 34 mi), South Burlington (9%, 38 mi), St. Albans (8%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Alburgh without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alburgh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alburgh
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.