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Jobs & commute in Highgate Springs

Jobs and earnings in Highgate Springs, and the trip to work

Hardly any work in Highgate Springs itself; outside it, South Burlington draws the most (14%, 38 miles). 26 jobs are based in Highgate Springs for 36 working residents. The poverty rate is 100.0%; Vermont has 10.1%.

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

26 jobs based here
Poverty
100.0%
Vermont 10.1%
Work in town
0%
0 of 36 working residents
Day and night

Who works in Highgate Springs, and who works elsewhere

On a workday 36 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 26 people come in from elsewhere.

36live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
26work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1
Workday0
1live here− 36head out to work+ 26come in to work= 0on a workday

About 0 people are in Highgate Springs on a workday afternoon, 100% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.72jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.72 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.

The commute map

Out of Highgate Springs to work: where people go

Winooski: 1 residents work here (3%)St. Albans: 3 residents work here (8%)Essex Junction: 1 residents work here (3%)South Burlington: 5 residents work here (14%)FranconiaSt. Albans: 3 residents work here (8%)FranklinRichfordNorthfieldSheldon: 4 residents work here (11%)Swanton: 4 residents work here (11%)Milton: 3 residents work here (8%)EnosburghEssex: 2 residents work here (6%)Highgate: 2 residents work here (6%)Highgate SpringsSouth BurlingtonSheldonSwantonSt. AlbansSt. AlbansMiltonHighgate Springs
1
South Burlington37.6 mi away
14%5
2
Sheldon10.6 mi away
11%4
3
Swanton4.8 mi away
11%4
4
St. Albans11.6 mi away
8%3
5
St. Albans11.7 mi away
8%3
6
Milton23.1 mi away
8%3
7
Essex30.5 mi away
6%2
8
Highgate2.5 mi away
6%2
9
Winooski33.6 mi away
3%1
10
Essex Junction33.7 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
22%8
The top trips

Where Highgate Springs clocks in

14%South Burlington
14% of workers
37.6 mi awaySouth Burlington5 Highgate Springs residents work here · Jobs & commute →
11% of workers
10.6 mi awaySheldon4 Highgate Springs residents work here · Jobs & commute →
11%Swanton
11% of workers
4.8 mi awaySwanton4 Highgate Springs residents work here · Jobs & commute →

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 jobs

Making and building: 100% of jobs based in Highgate Springs

Jobs based in Highgate SpringsJobs Highgate Springs residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms100%47%
Trade, transport & utilities0%25%
Services: health, schools, offices0%28%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less8%14%
$1,251–$3,333 a month15%25%
Over $3,333 a month77%61%

Who does it

29 or younger19%17%
30 to 5454%42%
55 and older27%42%

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 Springs’s own residents hold wherever they work.

How far

The commute from Highgate Springs, by distance

10 mi25 mi45 miSouth Burlington: 14% · 37.6 miSheldon: 11% · 10.6 miSwanton: 11% · 4.8 miSt. Albans: 8% · 11.6 miSt. Albans: 8% · 11.7 miMilton: 8% · 23.1 miEssex: 6% · 30.5 miHighgate: 6% · 2.5 miWinooski: 3% · 33.6 miEssex Junction: 3% · 33.7 miSouth Burlington 14%Sheldon 11%Swanton 11%St. Albans 8%St. Albans 8%Highgate Springs
Highgate SpringsTop destinations (size = commuters)
28%Under 10 mi10 residents
31%10–24 mi11 residents
39%25–50 mi14 residents
3%Over 50 mi1 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Highgate Springs: questions

What is the poverty rate in Highgate Springs?

100.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Highgate Springs work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are South Burlington (14%, 38 mi), Sheldon (11%, 11 mi), Swanton (11%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Highgate Springs, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Highgate Springs

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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.