How Jericho Center works: jobs, income and commuting
Only 4% work in Jericho Center itself; outside it, Burlington draws the most (20%, 13 miles). Working residents average 47 minutes each way, next to 24 for Vermont and 26 for the U.S. 190 jobs are based in Jericho Center for 115 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Jericho Center, and who commutes in
On a workday 110 residents head out to work, 5 work right here, and 185 people come in from elsewhere.
About 320 people are in Jericho Center on a workday afternoon, 31% more than live here.
1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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.
Where Jericho Center’s workers come from
Where Jericho Center clocks in
20% of workers
9% 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 Jericho Center
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Jericho Center, 2013 → 2023: 7 → 190. 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 Jericho Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 47 minutes in Jericho Center
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 14.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Jericho Center workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 151 commuters (the 13% 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 miles Jericho Center commutes
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 Jericho Center: questions
What is the poverty rate in Jericho Center?
0.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Jericho Center?
47 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Jericho Center work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (20%, 13 mi), Essex Junction (9%, 7 mi), South Burlington (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Jericho 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 Jericho Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Jericho 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.