Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0East Haven has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
East Haven has 10 jobs for 120 working residents. Hardly any work in East Haven itself; outside it, Littleton draws the most (17%, 22 miles). 9% of workers have no commute at all, next to 17% for Vermont as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in East Haven, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 120 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 10 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in East Haven on a workday afternoon, 40% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where East Haven goes to work
Where East Haven clocks in
17% of workers
16% of workers
13% 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.
East Haven is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Haven, 2014 → 2024: 7 → 10. 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 East Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from East Haven: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Haven workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 64 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from East Haven
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.
Next door to East Haven
The biggest share goes to Burke (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Haven workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Haven | – | — | — | 28 min | $38,438 |
| Granby | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Newark | under 3% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Burke | 4% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $87,143 |
| Victory | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Granby, Newark and Victory: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of East Haven’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 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 3% of East Haven workers work outside Vermont. The job records count 29% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in East Haven: questions
What is the median household income in East Haven?
$38,438 (±$31,249) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Haven?
16.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Haven?
28 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Haven work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Littleton (17%, 22 mi), St. Johnsbury (16%, 17 mi), Lyndon (13%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around East Haven without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Haven, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Haven
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.