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Jobs & commute in Underhill Center

Where Underhill Center earns its living

Employers in Underhill Center report 51 jobs; 58 of its residents have a job. Home is the office for 0% of workers, next to 17% for Vermont as a whole. Hardly any work in Underhill Center; the top destination outside it is Burlington (19%, 17 miles).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

Underhill Center quiets down on a workday

On a workday 58 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 51 people come in from elsewhere.

58live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
51work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night40
Workday33
40live here− 58head out to work+ 51come in to work= 33on a workday

About 33 people are in Underhill Center on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.88jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 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.

The commute map

Where Underhill Center goes to work

Essex Junction: 5 residents work here (9%)Burlington: 11 residents work here (19%)South Burlington: 3 residents work here (5%)MaloneBrattleboro: 2 residents work here (3%)FairfaxSt. AlbansJericho: 2 residents work here (3%)WaterburyWilliston: 7 residents work here (12%)MiltonColchester: 4 residents work here (7%)Richmond: 3 residents work here (5%)Underhill: 4 residents work here (7%)Essex: 3 residents work here (5%)Underhill CenterBurlingtonWillistonEssex JunctionColchesterUnderhillSouth BurlingtonUnderhill Center
1
Burlington16.8 mi away
19%11
2
Williston11.2 mi away
12%7
3
Essex Junction10.7 mi away
9%5
4
Colchester16.4 mi away
7%4
5
Underhill2.5 mi away
7%4
6
South Burlington14.8 mi away
5%3
7
Richmond9.6 mi away
5%3
8
Essex7.8 mi away
5%3
9
Brattleboro114.6 mi away
3%2
10
Jericho4.3 mi away
3%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
24%14
The top trips

Where Underhill Center clocks in

Lines 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 jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Underhill Center

Jobs based in Underhill CenterJobs Underhill Center residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms4%12%
Trade, transport & utilities4%16%
Services: health, schools, offices92%72%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less12%3%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%14%
Over $3,333 a month63%83%

Who does it

29 or younger12%9%
30 to 5459%60%
55 and older29%31%
+467%

Jobs based in Underhill Center, 2013 → 2023: 9 → 51. 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 Underhill Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Underhill Center

Working from home
0%

of Underhill Center workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Underhill Center gets to work
48%Drive alone
52%Carpool

Share of the 27 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

How far it is to work from Underhill Center

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miBurlington: 19% · 16.8 miWilliston: 12% · 11.2 miEssex Junction: 9% · 10.7 miColchester: 7% · 16.4 miUnderhill: 7% · 2.5 miSouth Burlington: 5% · 14.8 miRichmond: 5% · 9.6 miEssex: 5% · 7.8 miBrattleboro: 3% · 114.6 miJericho: 3% · 4.3 miBurlington 19%Williston 12%Colchester 7%Underhill 7%Underhill Center
Underhill CenterTop destinations (size = commuters)
26%Under 10 mi15 residents
59%10–24 mi34 residents
9%25–50 mi5 residents
7%Over 50 mi4 residents

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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Underhill Center: questions

What is the poverty rate in Underhill Center?

0.0%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Underhill Center work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (19%, 17 mi), Williston (12%, 11 mi), Essex Junction (9%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Underhill Center without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Underhill Center, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Underhill Center

Underhill Center home →

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.