Mount Holly - Wallingford is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 3,504 people and just one neighborhood, Mount Holly - Wallingford is the 63rd largest community in Vermont.
Unlike some towns, Mount Holly - Wallingford isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Mount Holly - Wallingford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Mount Holly - Wallingford is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mount Holly - Wallingford who work in management occupations (10.61%), teaching (8.80%), and office and administrative support (7.11%).
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!) Mount Holly - Wallingford 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. Mount Holly - Wallingford has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Mount Holly - Wallingford than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Mount Holly - Wallingford may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Mount Holly - Wallingford doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Mount Holly - Wallingford citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.18% of adults in Mount Holly - Wallingford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Mount Holly - Wallingford in 2022 was $33,996, which is low income relative to Vermont, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,984 for a family of four. However, Mount Holly - Wallingford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Mount Holly - Wallingford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mount Holly - Wallingford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mount Holly - Wallingford include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Mount Holly - Wallingford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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.
Despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 34.6%, which is higher than 96.3% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
In addition, 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 38 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.2% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 7.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 1.1% have Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% 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 Mount Holly - Wallingford are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 11.1% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 51.9% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 40.8% 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 31.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.2%), and 12.0% 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 98.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Mount Holly - Wallingford, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (12.3%), and residents who report German roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.1%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (7.3%), 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 (45.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.9%) 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 (6.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.