St. Albans Town Hall · Photo: Mfwills · CC BY-SA 3.0Earning a living in St. Albans
The trip to work takes 27 minutes on average, next to 24 for Vermont and 26 for the U.S. About one in seven stay in St. Albans for work; outside it, St. Albans is the main destination (20%, 3 miles). 11% 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
Work in St. Albans: the figures worth knowing
The places St. Albans commutes to
Where St. Albans clocks in
11% 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.
In and out of St. Albans on a workday
On a workday 2,627 residents head out to work, 493 work right here, and 3,771 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in St. Albans on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.37 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
What the 4,264 jobs in St. Albans are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in St. Albans, 2014 → 2024: 5,097 → 4,264. 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 St. Albans’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes each way, longer than most of Vermont
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of St. Albans workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,974 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.
Miles to work from St. Albans
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.
St. Albans and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Georgia (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | St. Albans workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Albans | – | — | — | 27 min | $90,060 |
| North Hero | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Georgia | 3% | B+ | B | 26 min | $105,011 |
| Grand Isle | under 3% | B+ | D | 32 min | $100,846 |
| Swanton | 3% | C+ | B | 23 min | $81,371 |
| Fairfield | under 3% | B | C+ | 24 min | $87,019 |
Same-state neighbors only. North Hero: not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of St. Albans’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 St. Albans: questions
What is the median household income in St. Albans?
$90,060 (±$18,679) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in St. Albans?
5.3%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from St. Albans?
27 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in St. Albans work?
16% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. Albans (20%, 3 mi), Burlington (11%, 22 mi), South Burlington (7%, 26 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around St. Albans without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from St. Albans, from the people who make the trip.
More of St. Albans
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.