Photo: Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0Enosburg Falls has lower household incomes than 87% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 19.4% of residents, where Vermont as a whole has 10.1%. The two grades for Enosburg Falls are D for jobs and income and A for walkability. For 3% of workers, the job is at home; Vermont has 17%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Enosburg Falls: the gist
Stores, warehouses and trucking
55% of the jobs in Enosburg Falls are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Enosburg Falls workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 24 across Vermont. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Enosburg Falls than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Enosburg Falls fell from 863 in 2013 to 587 in 2023, −32%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 581 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Enosburg Falls’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Enosburg Falls is better than 5% of U.S. towns. All three inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Enosburg Falls’ grade.
Unemployment (3.7%) is left out: Enosburg Falls’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, Enosburg Falls could be anywhere from D− to C.
The kinds of work in Enosburg Falls
587 jobs are based in Enosburg Falls.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enosburg Falls, 2013 → 2023: 863 → 587. 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 Enosburg Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 32 minutes each way for Enosburg Falls’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enosburg Falls workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 590 commuters (the 3% 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 workday shuffle in and out of Enosburg Falls
On a workday 528 residents head out to work, 53 work right here, and 534 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
12% of working residents work in Enosburgh
Where Enosburg Falls clocks in
12% of workers
11% 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.
How far Enosburg Falls’ workers travel
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.
In Enosburg Falls, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Enosburg Falls is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.2% across Vermont.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 608 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 92% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 8.8% of Enosburg Falls households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Enosburg Falls’ commuters take a bus or train.
Enosburg Falls and other U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 531 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 603 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 779 | Cornwall VT | 1,290 | $115K | 0.8% | 7.4% | 1% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,875 | St. Francis KS | 1,265 | $50K | 15.4% | 3.3% | 40% | D |
| 4,876 | Hancock MD | 1,581 | $35K | 23.7% | 2.7% | 12% | D |
| 4,877 | Enosburg Falls VT | 1,329 | $51K | 19.4% | 3.7% | 9% | D |
| 4,878 | Jackson Township IN | 1,738 | $55K | 33.6% | 8.5% | 1% | D |
| 4,879 | South Branch Township MI | 1,779 | $52K | 16.7% | 8.0% | 4% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | 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 Enosburg Falls, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
12% of Enosburg Falls works in a bordering town
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Enosburg Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enosburg Falls | – | D | A | 32 min | $50,870 |
| Enosburgh | 12% | C | B+ | 32 min | $63,828 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Enosburgh. Darker towns draw more of Enosburg Falls’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 Enosburg Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Enosburg Falls?
$50,870 (±$17,072) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enosburg Falls?
19.4%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enosburg Falls?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enosburg Falls work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Enosburgh (12%, 3 mi), Richford (11%, 10 mi), St. Albans (9%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Enosburg Falls walkable?
Enosburg Falls is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 14.4 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Enosburg Falls without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 92% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Enosburg Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enosburg Falls
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.