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Franklin - Sheldon, VT

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Overview


Franklin - Sheldon is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 3,581 people and just one neighborhood, Franklin - Sheldon is the 64th largest community in Vermont. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Franklin - Sheldon, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Franklin - Sheldon, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Franklin - Sheldon’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Franklin - Sheldon does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $83,295.00.

Occupations and Workforce

Franklin - Sheldon is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Franklin - Sheldon is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Franklin - Sheldon who work in management occupations (9.66%), sales jobs (8.89%), and office and administrative support (6.76%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 12.57% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

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, Franklin - Sheldon has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Franklin - Sheldon a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Franklin - Sheldon with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 15.66% of adults in Franklin - Sheldon have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Franklin - Sheldon in 2022 was $38,039, which is lower middle income relative to Vermont, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,156 for a family of four. However, Franklin - Sheldon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Franklin - Sheldon is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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 Franklin - Sheldon, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 96.4% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

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, 13.9% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 19.3% have French ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak French at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Franklin - Sheldon are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.3% 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 57.1% 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, 37.9% 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 28.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.2%), and 9.1% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

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 96.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include French and Polish.

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 Franklin - Sheldon, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (19.3%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (14.1%), and residents who report French Canadian roots (13.9%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (10.9%), along with some German ancestry residents (3.3%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (41.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (76.2%) 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 (8.1%) . 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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