Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0A job hub: Lyndon Center has 2.7 jobs per working resident, and 157 people come in to work
There are 158 jobs in Lyndon Center, against 59 working residents. Only 2% work in Lyndon Center itself; outside it, St. Johnsbury draws the most (22%, 6 miles). At home: 0% of workers have no commute at all (Vermont 17%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Lyndon Center
On a workday 58 residents head out to work and 1 work right here.
About 390 people are in Lyndon Center on a workday afternoon, 34% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Where Lyndon Center’s workforce comes from
Where Lyndon Center clocks in
22% of workers
14% of workers
5% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyndon Center, 2014 → 2024: 73 → 158. 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 Lyndon Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lyndon Center
of Lyndon Center workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Lyndon Center works
About 25% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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 towns around Lyndon Center
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lyndon Center workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon Center | – | — | — | — | — |
| Lyndonville | under 2% | — | — | 23 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lyndonville: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lyndon Center’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 Lyndon Center: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lyndon Center?
0.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lyndon Center work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Johnsbury (22%, 6 mi), Lyndon (14%, 1 mi), Montpelier (5%, 33 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lyndon 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 Lyndon Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyndon Center
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.