Photo: Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0Fletcher has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The two grades for Fletcher are B for jobs and income and C− for walkability. 69 jobs are based in Fletcher, and 701 of its residents work somewhere. 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
Jobs and commuting in Fletcher: the gist
Fletcher is a place people come home to
There are 69 jobs based in Fletcher, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fletcher has about 750 people in it, 46% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fletcher’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Fletcher is Burlington, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (113) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Fletcher 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 ↓
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 701 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Fletcher’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Fletcher is better than 63% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Fletcher’s grade up (3.8%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 6% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (0.9%) is left out: Fletcher’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, Fletcher could be anywhere from B− to B+.
In and out of Fletcher on a workday
On a workday 695 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 63 people come in from elsewhere.
About 750 people are in Fletcher on a workday afternoon, 46% 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.
How far Fletcher’s 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.
Fletcher’s commute takes about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fletcher workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 582 commuters (the 12% 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.
16% of working residents work in Burlington
Where Fletcher clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
Goods, not services: 42% of the jobs in Fletcher
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fletcher, 2013 → 2023: 43 → 69. 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 Fletcher’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Fletcher commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fletcher is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 4.8.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 664 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). 0.6% of Fletcher households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fletcher’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Fletcher is 1,356th of 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− |
| … | |||||||
| 645 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 666 | Bolton VT | 1,277 | $111K | 2.9% | 1.1% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,354 | Butler Township OH | 1,431 | $94K | 7.7% | 3.1% | 2% | B |
| 1,355 | Millbury OH | 1,211 | $81K | 11.2% | 3.5% | 1% | B |
| 1,356 | Fletcher VT | 1,380 | $106K | 3.8% | 0.9% | 1% | B |
| 1,357 | Norrie WI | 1,037 | $93K | 5.1% | 0.4% | 1% | B |
| 1,358 | Leona Valley CA | 1,465 | $132K | 7.2% | 1.7% | 2% | 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 Fletcher, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
11% of Fletcher works in a town next door
The biggest share goes to Fairfax (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fletcher workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher | – | B | C− | 32 min | $105,833 |
| Cambridge | 4% | B | A− | 32 min | $72,344 |
| Fairfield | under 4% | B | C+ | 24 min | $87,019 |
| Fairfax | 7% | A− | B− | 31 min | $128,963 |
| Waterville | under 4% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Bakersfield | under 4% | C+ | D− | 33 min | $83,462 |
Same-state neighbors only. Waterville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fletcher’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 Fletcher: questions
What is the median household income in Fletcher?
$105,833 (±$9,059) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fletcher?
3.8%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fletcher?
32 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fletcher work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (16%, 23 mi), South Burlington (10%, 24 mi), Fairfax (7%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fletcher walkable?
Fletcher is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fletcher without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fletcher, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fletcher
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.