Hinesburg - St. George is a somewhat small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 5,495 people and just one neighborhood, Hinesburg - St. George is the 23rd largest community in Vermont.
Hinesburg - St. George home prices are not only among the most expensive in Vermont, but Hinesburg - St. George real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Unlike some towns, Hinesburg - St. George isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Hinesburg - St. George are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hinesburg - St. George is a town of professionals, managers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Hinesburg - St. George who work in management occupations (14.77%), healthcare (6.41%), and teaching (6.27%).
Also of interest is that Hinesburg - St. George has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 15.09% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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, Hinesburg - St. George is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Hinesburg - St. George a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Hinesburg - St. George has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Hinesburg - St. George’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
Being a small town, Hinesburg - St. George does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Hinesburg - St. George, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Hinesburg - St. George is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 58.41% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Hinesburg - St. George in 2022 was $56,714, which is wealthy relative to Vermont and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $226,856 for a family of four. However, Hinesburg - St. George contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hinesburg - St. George home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hinesburg - St. George residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Hinesburg - St. George include German, English, Irish, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Hinesburg - St. George is English. Other important languages spoken here include Other Asian languages and German/Yiddish.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Hinesburg - St. George, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
If you are planning to retire in Vermont, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Vermont, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 95.9% of neighborhoods in VT. If a Vermont retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for highly educated executives, urban sophisticates and families with school-aged children.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.1% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 9.8% have French ancestry.
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 Hinesburg - St. George are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 83.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 70.6% of America'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, 50.1% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.4%), and 7.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Hinesburg - St. George, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (18.1%), and residents who report Irish roots (16.4%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (12.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (9.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (73.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also hop out the door and walk to work to get to work (5.8%) and 5.5% of residents also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.