Vernon - Guilford is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 4,302 people and just one neighborhood, Vernon - Guilford is the 42nd largest community in Vermont.
Unlike some towns, Vernon - Guilford isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Vernon - Guilford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Vernon - Guilford is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Vernon - Guilford who work in office and administrative support (12.78%), sales jobs (9.10%), and teaching (7.98%).
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, Vernon - Guilford has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Vernon - Guilford a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Vernon - Guilford is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The overall education level of Vernon - Guilford citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.27% of adults in Vernon - Guilford have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Vernon - Guilford in 2022 was $44,936, which is upper middle income relative to Vermont, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $179,744 for a family of four. However, Vernon - Guilford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Vernon - Guilford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Vernon - Guilford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Vernon - Guilford include English, Irish, French, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Vernon - Guilford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish 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 Vernon - Guilford, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Divorcees may find friendship and understanding in this neighborhood, as 20.5% of its residents are divorced. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis found that this divorce rate is higher than in 96.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Armenian and Austrian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 1.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Armenian ancestry and 1.6% have Austrian 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 Vernon - Guilford are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 54.7% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.1% 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 61.3% of America'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, 30.5% 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 27.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.7%), and 16.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.7% 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 Vernon - Guilford, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.4%), and residents who report French roots (8.6%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (7.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.8%), 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 (54.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.5%) 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 (10.5%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.