Photo: Ascended Dreamer · CC BY-SA 4.0Jobs and the daily commute in Lyndonville
Commuters spend 23 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for Vermont and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 7% of workers, next to 17% for Vermont as a whole. About one in ten stay in Lyndonville for work; outside it, Lyndon is the main destination (25%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Lyndonville, in brief
Lyndonville is where the jobs are
Lyndonville has 884 jobs, 1.5 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Lyndonville and St. Johnsbury trade workers both ways
St. Johnsbury is the top workplace for Lyndonville residents (24%) and also where the most people who work in Lyndonville come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Lyndonville
62% of Lyndonville residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 44% of the jobs based in Lyndonville pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 90% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 581 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Lyndonville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 521 residents head out to work, 60 work right here, and 824 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,700 people are in Lyndonville on a workday afternoon, 22% more than live here.
1.5 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 2024, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Lyndonville
Where Lyndonville clocks in
25% of workers
24% of workers
6% 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 884 jobs based in Lyndonville
884 jobs are based in Lyndonville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lyndonville, 2014 → 2024: 1,200 → 884. 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 Lyndonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 23 minutes in Lyndonville
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lyndonville workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 751 commuters (the 7% 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.
Lyndonville’s commute, mile by mile
About 17% 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.
Lyndonville and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lyndonville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lyndonville | – | — | — | 23 min | $54,722 |
| Lyndon Center | under 2% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Lyndon Center: 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 Lyndonville’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 Lyndonville: questions
What is the median household income in Lyndonville?
$54,722 (±$35,429) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lyndonville?
16.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lyndonville?
23 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lyndonville work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lyndon (25%, 2 mi), St. Johnsbury (24%, 5 mi), Burke (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Lyndonville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lyndonville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lyndonville
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.