Lunenburg - Concord is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 3,108 people and just one neighborhood, Lunenburg - Concord is the 72nd largest community in Vermont.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Lunenburg - Concord is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Lunenburg - Concord is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Lunenburg - Concord who work in teaching (11.12%), management occupations (9.77%), and sales jobs (7.37%).
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!) Lunenburg - Concord 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. Lunenburg - Concord has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Lunenburg - Concord than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Lunenburg - Concord may be for you.
In terms of college education, Lunenburg - Concord is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.75% of adults 25 and older in Lunenburg - Concord have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Lunenburg - Concord in 2022 was $29,244, which is low income relative to Vermont, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $116,976 for a family of four. However, Lunenburg - Concord contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Lunenburg - Concord home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Lunenburg - Concord residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Lunenburg - Concord include English, Irish, French, French Canadian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Lunenburg - Concord is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 12 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.5% of America. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
In addition, vacant homes and apartments are a significant characteristic of this neighborhood. In fact, with 34.5% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 96.3% of the neighborhoods in America. This can either be because much of the property is seasonally occupied, like in many vacation areas, or that much of the real estate is more permanently abandoned.
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, 9.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 16.1% 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 Lunenburg - Concord are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 70.0% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 26.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 77.4% 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, 35.6% 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 31.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 10.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.9%).
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 Lunenburg - Concord, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (20.1%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.8%), and residents who report French roots (16.1%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (9.4%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (4.9%), 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 (35.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (78.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.