Photo: Doug Kerr (Flickr username: dougtone) · CC BY-SA 2.0Most of Ferrisburgh commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Measured by household income, Ferrisburgh is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. Employers in Ferrisburgh report 674 jobs for 1,299 working residents. For jobs and income Ferrisburgh is better than 60% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (B).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Ferrisburgh, in brief
Ferrisburgh makes and builds things
41% of the jobs based in Ferrisburgh are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Ferrisburgh residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. The jobs ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Ferrisburgh than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Ferrisburgh fell from 910 in 2013 to 674 in 2023, −26%. 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.
Where Ferrisburgh’s Jobs & income grade comes from
The poverty rate holds Ferrisburgh’s grade up (2.2%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% 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, Ferrisburgh could be anywhere from C+ to A−.
Factories, building and farms: 41% of the jobs in Ferrisburgh
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ferrisburgh, 2013 → 2023: 910 → 674. 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 Ferrisburgh’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Ferrisburgh for work, and who comes in
On a workday 1,165 residents head out to work, 134 work right here, and 540 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Ferrisburgh on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
14% of working residents work in Burlington
Where Ferrisburgh clocks in
14% 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.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Ferrisburgh
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ferrisburgh workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,260 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 Ferrisburgh
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.
Ferrisburgh is a driving town
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 5.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,475 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). <1% 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 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% 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). 2.9% of Ferrisburgh households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ferrisburgh’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Ferrisburgh ranks: 1,703rd of 4,797 U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 591 | Norwich VT | 3,577 | $140K | 2.8% | 3.0% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 794 | East Montpelier VT | 2,594 | $93K | 2.1% | 2.6% | 16% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 950 | Westford VT | 2,072 | $113K | 2.5% | 4.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,701 | Nichols NY | 2,290 | $82K | 4.9% | 3.6% | 7% | B |
| 1,702 | Welcome NC | 3,521 | $63K | 9.3% | 3.3% | 7% | B |
| 1,703 | Ferrisburgh VT | 2,677 | $107K | 2.2% | 5.2% | 10% | B |
| 1,704 | Thetford VT | 2,863 | $88K | 8.0% | 2.4% | 16% | B |
| 1,705 | East Oakdale CA | 2,269 | $120K | 11.9% | 1.6% | 1% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Ferrisburgh, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Bordering towns draw 12% of Ferrisburgh’s workers
The biggest share goes to Vergennes (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ferrisburgh workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferrisburgh | – | B | B | 28 min | $106,989 |
| Vergennes | 10% | B− | A+ | 21 min | $76,587 |
| Waltham | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Monkton | under 2% | B+ | D | 29 min | $119,688 |
| Charlotte | 2% | A | B | 25 min | $144,375 |
| Panton | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
| New Haven | under 2% | B | B | 22 min | $92,321 |
Same-state neighbors only. Waltham and Panton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ferrisburgh’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 Ferrisburgh: questions
What is the median household income in Ferrisburgh?
$106,989 (±$21,771) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ferrisburgh?
2.2%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ferrisburgh?
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 Ferrisburgh work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (14%, 20 mi), Middlebury (11%, 16 mi), South Burlington (11%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ferrisburgh walkable?
Ferrisburgh is more walkable than 61% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ferrisburgh without a car?
<1% 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 Ferrisburgh, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ferrisburgh
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.