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Arlington - Sunderland, VT

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Overview


Arlington - Sunderland is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 3,912 people and just one neighborhood, Arlington - Sunderland is the 50th largest community in Vermont.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Arlington - Sunderland isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Arlington - Sunderland are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Arlington - Sunderland is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Arlington - Sunderland who work in management occupations (16.00%), sales jobs (12.36%), and teaching (8.85%).

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 25.01% 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

Because of many things, Arlington - Sunderland is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Arlington - Sunderland a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Arlington - Sunderland has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Arlington - Sunderland’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Arlington - Sunderland is worth considering.

Being a small town, Arlington - Sunderland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The education level of Arlington - Sunderland ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Arlington - Sunderland, 43.81% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.

The per capita income in Arlington - Sunderland in 2018 was $45,692, which is upper middle income relative to Vermont, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $182,768 for a family of four. However, Arlington - Sunderland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Arlington - Sunderland is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Arlington - Sunderland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Arlington - Sunderland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Arlington - Sunderland include Irish, English, German, Italian, and French.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Real Estate

Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 30 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 92.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods. 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.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 6.6% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 95.7% 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 Arlington - Sunderland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 52.9% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.6% 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 57.0% 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, 42.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (20.4%), and 9.4% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

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 95.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

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 Arlington - Sunderland, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (21.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.3%), and residents who report German roots (13.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (7.4%), along with some French ancestry residents (5.0%), 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 (51.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (68.2%) 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.


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