Mount Philo State Park · Photo: LunchboxLarry · CC BY 2.0Charlotte has higher household incomes than 94% of U.S. towns
3.7% of residents live below the poverty line, against 10.1% across Vermont. The two grades for Charlotte are A for jobs and income and B for walkability. For 30% of workers, the job is at home, where Vermont as a whole has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Charlotte, in brief
Home offices are common in Charlotte
30% of Charlotte workers work from home, against 17% across Vermont. Time on the road ↓
Charlotte and Burlington trade workers both ways
Burlington is the top workplace for Charlotte residents (26%) and also where the most people who work in Charlotte come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Charlotte’s workforce skews older
36% of Charlotte’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
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.
How Charlotte earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Charlotte is better than 88% of U.S. towns, #4 of 71 in Vermont. Household income holds Charlotte’s grade up ($144,375, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 31% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Charlotte could be anywhere from A− to A.
The trip to work from Charlotte: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Charlotte workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,479 commuters (the 30% 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.
26% of working residents work in Burlington
Where Charlotte clocks in
26% of workers
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.
71% of the jobs in Charlotte pay over $3,333 a month
578 jobs are based in Charlotte.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Charlotte, 2013 → 2023: 464 → 578. 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 Charlotte’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Charlotte quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,465 residents head out to work, 161 work right here, and 417 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Charlotte on a workday afternoon, 27% fewer than live here.
0.36 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
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 commute from Charlotte, by distance
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.
Driving is how Charlotte gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Charlotte is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns, #54 of 71 in Vermont. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 6.2.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,106 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 52% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.6% of Charlotte households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Charlotte’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Charlotte is 473rd of 4,264 U.S. towns of 2,700 to 5,200
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 336 | Jericho VT | 5,056 | $117K | 0.9% | 1.2% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 400 | Richmond VT | 4,103 | $108K | 4.2% | 1.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 471 | Dunstable MA | 3,486 | $209K | 0.5% | 5.6% | 5% | A |
| 472 | Douglass Township PA | 3,874 | $80K | 5.3% | 0.0% | 4% | A |
| 473 | Charlotte VT | 3,846 | $144K | 3.7% | 1.1% | 10% | A |
| 474 | Lathrup Village MI | 4,019 | $110K | 5.6% | 4.2% | 2% | A |
| 475 | Channel Islands Beach CA | 2,726 | $107K | 4.8% | 2.7% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 652 | Norwich VT | 3,577 | $140K | 2.8% | 3.0% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,264 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Charlotte, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
13% of Charlotte works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Shelburne (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Charlotte workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlotte | – | A | B | 25 min | $144,375 |
| Shelburne | 10% | B+ | B+ | 20 min | $115,963 |
| Hinesburg | 3% | A− | B+ | 20 min | $112,539 |
| Monkton | under 2% | B+ | D | 29 min | $119,688 |
| Ferrisburgh | under 2% | B | B | 28 min | $106,989 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Charlotte’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Charlotte: questions
What is the median household income in Charlotte?
$144,375 (±$27,387) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Charlotte?
3.7%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Charlotte?
25 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Charlotte work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (26%, 13 mi), South Burlington (11%, 9 mi), Shelburne (10%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Charlotte walkable?
Charlotte is more walkable than 59% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.2 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Charlotte without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Charlotte, from the people who make the trip.
More of Charlotte
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.