Making a living in Underhill Flats
Commuters spend 22 minutes getting to work on average; the Vermont average is 24, the U.S. 26. Only 1% work in Underhill Flats; the top destination outside it is Burlington (21%, 15 miles). There are 292 jobs in Underhill Flats for 287 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Underhill Flats by day
On a workday 283 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 288 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 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.
Commuting out of Underhill Flats: the destinations
Where Underhill Flats clocks in
21% of workers
10% 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 Underhill Flats
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Underhill Flats, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 292. 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 Flats’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Underhill Flats takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Underhill Flats workers work from home, vs 17% across Vermont. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 273 commuters (the 14% 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 Underhill Flats
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.
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 Underhill Flats: questions
What is the median household income in Underhill Flats?
$65,625 (±$26,822) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $81,203 across Vermont and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Underhill Flats?
3.2%, against 10.1% across Vermont and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Underhill Flats?
22 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Vermont and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Underhill Flats work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Burlington (21%, 15 mi), Williston (10%, 10 mi), South Burlington (10%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Underhill Flats without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Underhill Flats, from the people who make the trip.
More of Underhill Flats
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.