Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY 4.0Jay has 3.7 jobs for every working resident: 687 people commute in to work
27% of workers work from home, where Vermont as a whole has 17%. 720 jobs are based in Jay; 197 of its residents have a job. About one in seven stay in Jay for work; outside it, Newport is the main destination (20%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Jay, and who commutes in
On a workday 164 residents head out to work and 33 work right here.
About 1,100 people are in Jay on a workday afternoon, 97% more 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.
Who travels to work in Jay, and from where
Where Jay clocks in
9% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Jay
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jay, 2013 → 2023: 780 → 720. 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 Jay’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from Jay: about 40 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 12.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jay workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 178 commuters (the 27% 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.
Miles to work from Jay
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.
Around Jay: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Troy (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Jay’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 Jay: questions
What is the median household income in Jay?
$74,792 (±$24,785) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Jay?
8.7%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jay?
40 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jay work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Newport (20%, 14 mi), Derby (9%, 18 mi), Troy (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jay without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Jay, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jay
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.