Bridge 31 · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 3.0Duxbury has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Jobs and income earn Duxbury B+; getting around on foot earns it C+. Employers in Duxbury report 232 jobs, against 638 working residents. Household incomes here are higher than in 81% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Duxbury’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Duxbury is better than 68% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Duxbury’s grade up (2.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 30% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Duxbury could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Duxbury quiets down on a workday
On a workday 624 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 218 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,000 people are in Duxbury on a workday afternoon, 28% 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.
10% of working residents work in Waterbury
Where Duxbury clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
75% of the jobs in Duxbury pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Duxbury, 2013 → 2023: 297 → 232. 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 Duxbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 23 minutes from Duxbury
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Duxbury workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 806 commuters (the 19% 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 commute from Duxbury, 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.
Few in Duxbury walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Duxbury is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Duxbury near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 990 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 3.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 77% 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). 2.6% of Duxbury households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Duxbury’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Duxbury is 1,132nd among 5,877 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 1,900
| # | 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+ |
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| 587 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
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| 645 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 666 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
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| 1,130 | Norwich Township OH | 1,023 | $106K | 5.7% | 4.3% | 1% | B+ |
| 1,131 | Walker Township PA | 1,017 | $89K | 3.3% | 2.3% | 7% | B+ |
| 1,132 | Duxbury VT | 1,444 | $105K | 2.7% | 4.7% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,133 | Ravenna MI | 1,409 | $78K | 6.3% | 3.4% | 5% | B+ |
| 1,134 | Liberty Center OH | 1,094 | $78K | 5.7% | 2.5% | 5% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,877 | 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 Duxbury, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Work next door: 19% of Duxbury’s workers
The biggest share goes to Waterbury (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Duxbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duxbury | – | B+ | C+ | 23 min | $105,208 |
| Waterbury | 10% | B | B+ | 30 min | $103,917 |
| Bolton | under 4% | A− | C | 28 min | $111,125 |
| Fayston | 4% | B | A− | 29 min | $110,250 |
| Moretown | 5% | B+ | C | 25 min | $104,423 |
| Huntington | under 4% | B+ | D | 32 min | $94,497 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Duxbury’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 Duxbury: questions
What is the median household income in Duxbury?
$105,208 (±$24,886) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Duxbury?
2.7%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Duxbury?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Duxbury work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Waterbury (10%, 8 mi), Montpelier (9%, 14 mi), Burlington (8%, 24 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Duxbury walkable?
Duxbury is more walkable than 42% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Duxbury without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Duxbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Duxbury
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.