Photo: User:Dismas · Public domainFewer people are out of work in Hinesburg (0.6%) than in 97% of U.S. towns
Hinesburg grades A− for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Household incomes here are higher than in 85% of U.S. towns. About one in ten stay in Hinesburg for work; outside it, Burlington is the main destination (21%, 13 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hinesburg’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hinesburg is better than 81% of U.S. towns, #8 of 71 in Vermont. Unemployment holds Hinesburg’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hinesburg could be anywhere from B+ to A.
A workday in Hinesburg: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 2,018 residents head out to work, 206 work right here, and 1,015 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Hinesburg on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.55 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 2024, primary jobs.
The places Hinesburg commutes to
Where Hinesburg clocks in
21% of workers
10% 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.
66% of the jobs in Hinesburg pay over $3,333 a month
1,221 jobs are based in Hinesburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hinesburg, 2014 → 2024: 1,034 → 1,221. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hinesburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Hinesburg, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hinesburg workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,126 commuters (the 20% 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 Hinesburg goes to work
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Hinesburg is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hinesburg is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #38 of 71 in Vermont. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 11.1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 6.6.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,643 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 0.9 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 56% 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). 2.4% of Hinesburg households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hinesburg’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hinesburg is 751st of 3,798 U.S. towns of 3,300 to 6,300 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 332 | Jericho VT | 5,056 | $117K | 0.9% | 1.2% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 394 | Richmond VT | 4,103 | $108K | 4.2% | 1.0% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 454 | Charlotte VT | 3,846 | $144K | 3.7% | 1.1% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 749 | Whiskey Creek FL | 5,371 | $104K | 7.4% | 3.3% | 4% | A− |
| 750 | Hollis ME | 5,003 | $96K | 5.7% | 1.8% | 6% | A− |
| 751 | Hinesburg VT | 4,675 | $113K | 8.5% | 0.6% | 9% | A− |
| 752 | Tangerine FL | 4,326 | $106K | 6.5% | 3.2% | 1% | A− |
| 753 | Point Pleasant Beach NJ | 4,993 | $142K | 5.2% | 5.6% | 17% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,798 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Hinesburg, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
How Hinesburg compares with the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Shelburne (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hinesburg workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinesburg | – | A− | B+ | 20 min | $112,539 |
| Charlotte | under 3% | A | B | 25 min | $144,375 |
| Monkton | under 3% | B+ | D | 29 min | $119,688 |
| St. George | under 3% | — | — | 19 min | — |
| Shelburne | 5% | B+ | B+ | 20 min | $115,963 |
| Starksboro | under 3% | B | D | 29 min | $82,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. St. George: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hinesburg’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 2024, 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 Hinesburg: questions
What is the median household income in Hinesburg?
$112,539 (±$17,526) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hinesburg?
8.5%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hinesburg?
20 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hinesburg work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (21%, 13 mi), South Burlington (14%, 9 mi), Williston (10%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Hinesburg walkable?
Hinesburg is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 11% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hinesburg without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hinesburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hinesburg
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.