Swanton is a somewhat small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 6,837 people and just one neighborhood, Swanton is the 19th largest community in Vermont.
Unlike some towns, Swanton isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Swanton are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Swanton is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Swanton who work in maintenance occupations (10.36%), office and administrative support (9.20%), and sales jobs (8.80%).
Of important note, Swanton is also a town of artists. Swanton has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Swanton’s character.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Swanton has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Swanton a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Being a small town, Swanton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of Swanton citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.52% of adults 25 and older in Swanton have a college degree.
The per capita income in Swanton in 2022 was $32,390, which is low income relative to Vermont, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $129,560 for a family of four. However, Swanton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Swanton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Swanton residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Swanton include French, Irish, English, German, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Swanton is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Polish.
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.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 19.0% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 8.7% have French Canadian 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 Swanton are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 48.7% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 55.5% 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, 32.1% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.6%), and 14.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.4% of households. Some people also speak French (2.1%).
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 Swanton, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (19.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.6%), and residents who report English roots (11.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (10.2%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (8.7%), 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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (43.7% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (80.0%) 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 (11.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.