South Barre - Graniteville is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 3,864 people and just one neighborhood, South Barre - Graniteville is the 53rd largest community in Vermont.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, South Barre - Graniteville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, South Barre - Graniteville is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Barre - Graniteville who work in office and administrative support (9.80%), sales jobs (9.47%), and maintenance occupations (8.14%).
Also of interest is that South Barre - Graniteville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.83% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Being a small town, South Barre - Graniteville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of South Barre - Graniteville citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.20% of adults in South Barre - Graniteville have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in South Barre - Graniteville in 2022 was $43,580, which is upper middle income relative to Vermont and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $174,320 for a family of four. However, South Barre - Graniteville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call South Barre - Graniteville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of South Barre - Graniteville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in South Barre - Graniteville include Irish, French, Scottish, English, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in South Barre - Graniteville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and French.
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.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 8.2% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 5.3% 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 97.7% 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 South Barre - Graniteville are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 32.6% 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 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (26.6%), and 11.6% 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 93.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include French and Italian.
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 South Barre - Graniteville, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (15.1%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (13.0%), and residents who report Scottish roots (12.5%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (11.2%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (8.2%), among others.
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 under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (87.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.