Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0At 1.0%, unemployment in Lyndon is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Lyndon are B− for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in four work in Lyndon; the top destination outside it is St. Johnsbury (26%, 6 miles). Working from home is the commute for 10% of workers, next to 17% for Vermont as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lyndon: the figures worth knowing
Lyndon trades workers with the towns around it
Lyndon has about as many jobs (2,088) as working residents (2,101), but they are mostly different people: 1,583 residents leave for work each day while 1,570 people come in. Only 25% of the jobs in Lyndon are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Lyndon works one town over
31% of working residents work in a town that borders Lyndon: St. Johnsbury (26%) and Burke (5%). Next door ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The four measures behind Lyndon’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lyndon is better than 47% of U.S. towns, #38 of 71 in Vermont. Unemployment holds Lyndon’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 11% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lyndon could be anywhere from C to B.
The daily commute in and out of Lyndon
On a workday 1,583 residents head out to work, 518 work right here, and 1,570 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 (0.99 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.
Out of Lyndon to work: where people go
Where Lyndon clocks in
26% of workers
5% of workers
3% 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.
The kinds of work in Lyndon
2,088 jobs are based in Lyndon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyndon, 2013 → 2023: 2,409 → 2,088. 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 Lyndon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 23 minutes each way for Lyndon’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyndon workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,679 commuters (the 11% 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.
The distance from Lyndon to work
About 18% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Lyndon, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lyndon is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns, #24 of 71 in Vermont. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 8.8% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 8.1.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,994 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 39% 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 1.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 63% 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). 6.3% of Lyndon households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lyndon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,900 to 7,600, Lyndon ranks 2,066th of 3,561 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 341 | Jericho VT | 5,056 | $117K | 0.9% | 1.2% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 413 | Richmond VT | 4,103 | $108K | 4.2% | 1.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 750 | Fairfax VT | 5,455 | $129K | 5.1% | 2.1% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,064 | Shippensburg Township PA | 4,343 | $53K | 27.0% | 10.6% | 4% | B− |
| 2,065 | Madison GA | 5,179 | $62K | 12.6% | 1.9% | 29% | B− |
| 2,066 | Lyndon VT | 5,628 | $69K | 11.0% | 1.0% | 25% | B− |
| 2,067 | West Ocean City MD | 5,198 | $97K | 6.4% | 10.7% | 15% | B− |
| 2,068 | Lake Worth TX | 4,766 | $82K | 16.6% | 7.7% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,561 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Lyndon, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Work next door: 31% of Lyndon’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lyndon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndon | – | B− | A | 23 min | $68,786 |
| Kirby | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Burke | 5% | C+ | C+ | 25 min | $87,143 |
| St. Johnsbury | 26% | C | A | 20 min | $57,738 |
| Wheelock | under 2% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Sutton | under 2% | — | — | 30 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Kirby, Wheelock and Sutton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to St. Johnsbury. Darker towns draw more of Lyndon’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 Lyndon: questions
What is the median household income in Lyndon?
$68,786 (±$5,785) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyndon?
11.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyndon?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyndon work?
25% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Johnsbury (26%, 6 mi), Burke (5%, 6 mi), Derby (3%, 28 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lyndon walkable?
Lyndon is more walkable than 85% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lyndon without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lyndon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyndon
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. 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.