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Ripton - Lincoln, VT

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Overview


Ripton - Lincoln is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 2,922 people and just one neighborhood, Ripton - Lincoln is the 79th largest community in Vermont.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Ripton - Lincoln is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ripton - Lincoln is a town of managers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ripton - Lincoln who work in management occupations (16.40%), office and administrative support (7.09%), and food service (7.02%).

A relatively large number of people in Ripton - Lincoln telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 19.32% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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, Ripton - Lincoln is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Ripton - Lincoln really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Ripton - Lincoln perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

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!) Ripton - Lincoln 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. Ripton - Lincoln has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Ripton - Lincoln than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Ripton - Lincoln may be for you.

One downside of living in Ripton - Lincoln is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Ripton - Lincoln, the average commute to work is 30.67 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The citizens of Ripton - Lincoln are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.21% of adults in Ripton - Lincoln have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ripton - Lincoln in 2018 was $48,020, which is wealthy relative to Vermont and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $192,080 for a family of four. However, Ripton - Lincoln contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Ripton - Lincoln is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and French.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 14 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.1% of America.

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, 7.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry.

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 Ripton - Lincoln are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 60.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.7% 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 56.7% 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, 44.8% 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 22.7% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (21.4%), and 10.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.2% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Ripton - Lincoln, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (16.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.1%), and residents who report German roots (12.5%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (7.4%), along with some French ancestry residents (5.1%), 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 (38.9% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (67.8%) 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 (11.3%) . 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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