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Stamford - Woodford, VT

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Overview


Stamford - Woodford is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 2,051 people and just one neighborhood, Stamford - Woodford is the 113th largest community in Vermont.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Stamford - Woodford isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Stamford - Woodford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Stamford - Woodford is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stamford - Woodford who work in management occupations (14.31%), office and administrative support (11.73%), and sales jobs (11.73%).

Also of interest is that Stamford - Woodford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Stamford - Woodford’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

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!) Stamford - Woodford 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. Stamford - Woodford has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Stamford - Woodford than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Stamford - Woodford may be for you.

Demographics

In terms of college education, Stamford - Woodford is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 29.70% of adults in Stamford - Woodford have a college degree.

The per capita income in Stamford - Woodford in 2022 was $47,418, which is upper middle income relative to Vermont, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $189,672 for a family of four. However, Stamford - Woodford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Stamford - Woodford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stamford - Woodford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Stamford - Woodford include English, Irish, Italian, German, and French.

The most common language spoken in Stamford - Woodford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

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 96.9% of the neighborhoods in 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 35.6% of the residential real estate vacant, the neighborhood claims the distinction of having a higher vacancy rate than 96.8% 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.

Diversity

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, 6.2% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 10.2% have French ancestry.

The Neighbors

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 Stamford - Woodford are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 44.2% 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 70.1% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 37.2% 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 25.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.4%), and 14.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Some people also speak Polish (5.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

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 Stamford - Woodford, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (16.5%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report Italian roots (14.4%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (10.8%), along with some French ancestry residents (10.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

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 (36.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.5%) 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 (5.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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