Photo: The original uploader was Redjar at English Wikipedia. · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Chittenden commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
237 jobs are based in Chittenden; 596 of its residents have a job. For jobs and income Chittenden is better than 55% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (C+). Measured by household income, Chittenden is ahead of 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Chittenden, in a few figures
The four measures behind Chittenden’s grade
Household income holds Chittenden’s grade up ($106,250, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 9% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate.
Unemployment (1.2%) is left out: Chittenden’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Chittenden could be anywhere from C to B+.
21% of working residents work in Rutland
Where Chittenden clocks in
9% of workers
5% 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.
Who works in Chittenden, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 537 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 178 people come in from elsewhere.
About 860 people are in Chittenden on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Chittenden
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Chittenden, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 237. 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 Chittenden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Vermont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Chittenden workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 629 commuters (the 15% 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.
How far it is to work from Chittenden
About 17% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Getting around Chittenden: mostly by car
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 5.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 740 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 3.7% of Chittenden households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Chittenden’s commuters take a bus or train.
1,245th of 4,312: where Chittenden ranks among U.S. towns of 900 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 464 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 595 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 769 | West Windsor VT | 1,355 | $109K | 3.7% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,243 | Edisto Beach SC | 1,071 | $86K | 2.5% | 5.8% | 8% | B |
| 1,244 | Anderson Township IN | 1,227 | $92K | 6.2% | 3.3% | 2% | B |
| 1,245 | Chittenden VT | 1,215 | $106K | 6.6% | 1.2% | 10% | B |
| 1,246 | Reedsburg WI | 1,126 | $93K | 9.0% | 2.3% | 1% | B |
| 1,247 | Hope Township MI | 1,383 | $101K | 6.7% | 2.7% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Chittenden, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Bordering towns draw 25% of Chittenden’s workers
The biggest share goes to Killington (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Chittenden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chittenden | – | B | C+ | 28 min | $106,250 |
| Rochester | under 2% | D | A− | 27 min | $72,676 |
| Pittsfield | 5% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Goshen | under 2% | — | — | 21 min | — |
| Pittsford | 3% | C | C− | 25 min | $69,705 |
| Brandon | 3% | C+ | B | 24 min | $64,180 |
| Killington | 9% | B | A+ | 16 min | $81,250 |
| Rutland | 5% | C+ | B | 20 min | $72,099 |
Same-state neighbors only. Pittsfield and Goshen: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Chittenden’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 Chittenden: questions
What is the median household income in Chittenden?
$106,250 (±$27,864) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Chittenden?
6.6%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Chittenden?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Chittenden work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Rutland (21%, 12 mi), Killington (9%, 10 mi), Pittsfield (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Chittenden walkable?
Chittenden is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Chittenden without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chittenden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Chittenden
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.