Photo: Gopats92 · Public domainJobs, pay and the trip to work in Bolton Valley
Working residents average 28 minutes each way, where Vermont has 24 and the U.S. 26. Only 1% work in Bolton Valley itself; outside it, Burlington draws the most (15%, 20 miles). 201 jobs are based in Bolton Valley; 149 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Bolton Valley fills up on a workday
On a workday 147 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere.
About 300 people are in Bolton Valley on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.35 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where Bolton Valley goes to work
Where Bolton Valley clocks in
15% of workers
8% 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.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Bolton Valley
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bolton Valley, 2014 → 2024: 1 → 201. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bolton Valley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Bolton Valley: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bolton Valley workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 176 commuters (the 20% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bolton Valley
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, 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 Bolton Valley: questions
What is the median household income in Bolton Valley?
$111,875 (±$55,083) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bolton Valley?
3.6%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bolton Valley?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bolton Valley work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (15%, 20 mi), South Burlington (9%, 16 mi), Williston (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Bolton Valley 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 Bolton Valley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bolton Valley
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.