Work, pay and getting to work in Highgate Center
A typical one-way commute lasts 15 minutes, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. For 0% of workers, the job is at home; Vermont has 17%. Hardly any work in Highgate Center; the top destination outside it is Swanton (13%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Highgate Center for work, and who comes in
On a workday 140 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 81 people come in from elsewhere.
About 340 people are in Highgate Center on a workday afternoon, 15% fewer than live here.
0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Highgate Center to work: where people go
Where Highgate Center clocks in
Lines 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.
The kinds of work in Highgate Center
82 jobs are based in Highgate Center.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Highgate Center, 2013 → 2023: 130 → 82. 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 Highgate Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 15 minutes in Highgate Center
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Highgate Center workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 228 commuters (the 0% 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.
Highgate Center’s commute, mile by mile
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.
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 Highgate Center: questions
What is the median household income in Highgate Center?
$120,983 (±$6,439) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Highgate Center?
0.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Highgate Center?
15 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Highgate Center work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Swanton (13%, 4 mi), St. Albans (13%, 9 mi), South Burlington (9%, 35 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Highgate Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Highgate Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Highgate Center
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.