Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, New York, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0Starksboro has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Starksboro has 167 jobs, and 747 of its residents work somewhere. For jobs and income Starksboro is better than 56% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (D). Only 4% work in Starksboro; the top destination outside it is Burlington (16%, 23 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Starksboro, in brief
Starksboro is a place people come home to
There are 167 jobs based in Starksboro, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Starksboro has about 1,200 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Starksboro’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Starksboro is Burlington, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 16% of working residents (122) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Starksboro workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 24 across Vermont. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical 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; with 747 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Starksboro’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
Unemployment holds Starksboro’s grade up (2.6%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 12% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Starksboro could be anywhere from C to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Starksboro
On a workday 719 residents head out to work, 28 work right here, and 139 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Starksboro on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer 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.
The commute from Starksboro, by distance
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.
Commuting from Starksboro: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Starksboro workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 819 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.
Out of Starksboro to work: where people go
Where Starksboro clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
Making and building: 64% of jobs based in Starksboro
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Starksboro, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 167. 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 Starksboro’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Starksboro is mostly behind the wheel
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.2% across Vermont, on an EPA index of 4.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,005 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 0.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 53% 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). 3.7% of Starksboro households have no vehicle (Vermont 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Starksboro’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Starksboro is 1,767th of 5,343 U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,400
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
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| 655 | South Hero VT | 1,726 | $127K | 3.5% | 5.9% | 7% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 720 | Dummerston VT | 1,859 | $102K | 4.5% | 1.6% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 827 | Westford VT | 2,072 | $113K | 2.5% | 4.0% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,765 | Scandia Valley Township MN | 1,346 | $82K | 3.2% | 0.8% | 5% | B |
| 1,766 | Union Township OH | 2,231 | $93K | 3.4% | 5.7% | 10% | B |
| 1,767 | Starksboro VT | 1,807 | $82K | 7.0% | 2.6% | 4% | B |
| 1,768 | Finley Township IN | 1,513 | $131K | 17.1% | 1.2% | 1% | B |
| 1,769 | Middleton NH | 1,863 | $102K | 5.8% | 4.5% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,343 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Starksboro, the top three, the last and three more from Vermont.
The towns next door employ 10% of Starksboro
The biggest share goes to Bristol (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Starksboro workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starksboro | – | B | D | 29 min | $82,188 |
| Lincoln | under 4% | B− | C | 30 min | $96,667 |
| Bristol | 7% | B− | A− | 25 min | $74,620 |
| Huntington | under 4% | B+ | D | 32 min | $94,497 |
| Monkton | 3% | B+ | D | 29 min | $119,688 |
| Hinesburg | under 4% | A− | B+ | 20 min | $112,539 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Starksboro’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 Starksboro: questions
What is the median household income in Starksboro?
$82,188 (±$15,313) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Starksboro?
7.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Starksboro?
29 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Starksboro work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (16%, 23 mi), South Burlington (10%, 18 mi), Middlebury (8%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Starksboro walkable?
Starksboro is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Starksboro without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Starksboro, from the people who make the trip.
More of Starksboro
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.