Arlington - Sunderland is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 3,896 people and just one neighborhood, Arlington - Sunderland is the 50th largest community in Vermont.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Arlington - Sunderland is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Arlington - Sunderland is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arlington - Sunderland who work in management occupations (17.07%), sales jobs (12.68%), and healthcare (6.70%).
Of important note, Arlington - Sunderland is also a town of artists. Arlington - Sunderland has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Arlington - Sunderland’s character.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 27.38% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Because of many things, Arlington - Sunderland is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Arlington - Sunderland really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Arlington - Sunderland perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Arlington - Sunderland has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Arlington - Sunderland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Arlington - Sunderland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Arlington - Sunderland may be for you.
Being a small town, Arlington - Sunderland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Arlington - Sunderland is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 47.57% of adults in Arlington - Sunderland have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
The per capita income in Arlington - Sunderland in 2022 was $48,135, which is upper middle income relative to Vermont, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $192,540 for a family of four. However, Arlington - Sunderland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Arlington - Sunderland is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Arlington - Sunderland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arlington - Sunderland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Arlington - Sunderland include Irish, English, German, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Arlington - Sunderland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 92.8% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.7% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.7% of the neighborhoods in America.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Arlington - Sunderland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 53.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.8% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 44.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.1%), and 8.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Arlington - Sunderland, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (19.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.1%), and residents who report German roots (12.0%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (7.7%), along with some French ancestry residents (3.8%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (53.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (63.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.