Photo: Jd4508. Original uploader was Jd4508 at en.wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0A job hub: Middlebury has 2.5 jobs per working resident, and 6,046 people come in to work
Jobs and income earn Middlebury C+; getting around on foot earns it A+. Middlebury has 7,797 jobs for 3,111 working residents. More than half work in Middlebury; the top destination outside it is Burlington (3%, 34 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Middlebury, in brief
Middlebury is where the jobs are
Middlebury has 7,797 jobs, 2.5 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 14,000 people are in town, 51% more than the 9,200 who live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Middlebury are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 24 across Vermont. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Vermont worker. Time on the road ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Middlebury
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Middlebury is better than 40% of U.S. towns, #46 of 71 in Vermont. Household income holds Middlebury’s grade up ($86,169, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 25% of U.S. towns).
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Middlebury could be anywhere from C− to B.
The workday shuffle in and out of Middlebury
On a workday 1,360 residents head out to work and 1,751 work right here.
About 14,000 people are in Middlebury on a workday afternoon, 51% 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.
Commuting from Middlebury: about 16 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Middlebury workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,234 commuters (the 19% 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 Middlebury’s workers come from
Where Middlebury clocks in
3% of workers
2% 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 Middlebury
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Middlebury, 2013 → 2023: 6,582 → 7,797. 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 Middlebury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Middlebury
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.
Middlebury is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,982 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 90% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 49% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 12.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 95% 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). 10.9% of Middlebury households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Middlebury’s commuters take a bus or train.
Middlebury is 1,961st of 2,886 U.S. towns of 6,400 to 12,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 388 | Williston VT | 9,975 | $107K | 4.3% | 1.6% | 17% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 534 | Essex VT | 11,346 | $110K | 5.0% | 2.1% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 968 | Essex Junction VT | 10,921 | $89K | 9.5% | 1.9% | 11% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,959 | Destrehan LA | 11,619 | $91K | 17.3% | 12.0% | 5% | C+ |
| 1,960 | Leon Valley TX | 11,563 | $59K | 12.9% | 7.1% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,961 | Middlebury VT | 9,208 | $86K | 10.7% | 5.0% | 56% | C+ |
| 1,962 | Kalifornsky AK | 8,663 | $94K | 8.6% | 5.2% | — | C+ |
| 1,963 | Rancho Calaveras CA | 7,131 | $89K | 13.9% | 2.9% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,886 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Middlebury, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
Middlebury and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bristol (2%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Middlebury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlebury | – | C+ | A+ | 16 min | $86,169 |
| Weybridge | under 1% | — | — | 18 min | — |
| Cornwall | under 1% | B+ | D | 24 min | $114,583 |
| New Haven | 1% | B | B | 22 min | $92,321 |
| Bristol | 2% | B− | A− | 25 min | $74,620 |
| Ripton | under 1% | — | — | 24 min | — |
| Salisbury | under 1% | B | B | 19 min | $99,688 |
Same-state neighbors only. Weybridge and Ripton: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Middlebury’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 Middlebury: questions
What is the median household income in Middlebury?
$86,169 (±$15,744) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Middlebury?
10.7%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Middlebury?
16 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Middlebury work?
56% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (3%, 34 mi), South Burlington (2%, 30 mi), Williston (2%, 30 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Middlebury walkable?
Middlebury is more walkable than 98% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 13.0 out of 20, and 27% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Middlebury without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 49% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Middlebury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Middlebury
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.