It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Derby has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Derby has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Derby than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Derby may be for you.
Derby 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 population of Derby is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 35.58% of adults in Derby have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Derby in 2022 was $37,044, 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 $148,176 for a family of four. However, Derby contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Derby home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Derby residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Derby include French Canadian, English, German, Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Derby is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
