How Hyde Park works: jobs, income and commuting
8% of workers work from home, where Vermont as a whole has 17%. A typical one-way commute lasts 26 minutes, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. Hyde Park has 215 jobs; 213 of its residents have a job.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hyde Park stands out on work
About 26 minutes each way, longer than most of Vermont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hyde Park workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 258 commuters (the 8% 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 many people are in Hyde Park by day
On a workday 207 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 209 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.01 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
27% of working residents work in Morristown
Where Hyde Park clocks in
27% of workers
15% 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.
71% of the jobs in Hyde Park pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hyde Park, 2013 → 2023: 219 → 215. 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 Hyde Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Hyde Park
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.
Next door is work for 27% of Hyde Park
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hyde Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hyde Park | – | — | — | 26 min | $89,946 |
| Morristown | 27% | B− | A− | 21 min | $66,273 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Morristown. Darker towns draw more of Hyde Park’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 Hyde Park: questions
What is the median household income in Hyde Park?
$89,946 (±$9,633) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hyde Park?
6.2%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hyde Park?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hyde Park work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Morristown (27%, 4 mi), Stowe (15%, 9 mi), Hyde Park (12%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Hyde Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hyde Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hyde Park
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.