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05068

South Royalton, VT · ACS 2020–2024

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U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Total population
2,987
Median household income
$80,911
People below poverty
13.9%
Median home value
$298,600

Income

The median income of households in 05068 was $80,911. An estimated 5.9% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 12% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 5.9
$10,000 to $14,999 0.2
$15,000 to $24,999 8.3
$25,000 to $34,999 7.4
$35,000 to $49,999 9.9
$50,000 to $74,999 12.5
$75,000 to $99,999 11.6
$100,000 to $149,999 22.7
$150,000 to $199,999 9.4
$200,000 or more 12

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 72663
Female 51223

An estimated 75% of households received earnings. An estimated 32.5% of households received Social Security and an estimated 23.2 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $26,343. These income sources are not mutually exclusive; that is, some households received income from more than one source.

Proportion of Households with Various Income Sources in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 75
Social Security 32.5
Retirement income 23.2
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 2
Cash public assistance income 2.9

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 13.9 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 10% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 4.8% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 18.1% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 13.9
Children under 18 years below poverty 10
People 65 years old and over below poverty 4.8
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 18.1

In 2020-2024, 5.5 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 23.8% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 47.5% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 0% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 05068 in 2020-2024, 94.8% had health insurance coverage and 5.2% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 58.2% and public coverage was 51.6%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.


In 2020-2024, 05068 had a total population of 2,987 - 1,540 (51.6%) females and 1,447 (48.4%) males. The median age was 51.3 years. An estimated 9.8% of the population was under 18 years, 32.6% was 19 to 44 years, 30.9% was 45 to 64 years, and 25.7 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 05068 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 55 57
5 to 9 31 46
10 to 14 61 35
15 to 19 37 0
20 to 24 67 37
25 to 29 153 181
30 to 34 105 143
35 to 39 75 103
40 to 44 51 59
45 to 49 95 61
50 to 54 85 150
55 to 59 135 145
60 to 64 97 155
65 to 69 121 147
70 to 74 167 90
75 to 79 10 93
80 to 84 10 13
85 and over 92 25

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 89.8% were White; 2.2% were Black or African American; 14.4% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0.5% were Asian; 2.2% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 6.1% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 1.1% of the people in 05068 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 89.5% of the people in 05068 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 1,451 households in 05068. The average household size was 2.06 people.

Married-couple households made up 44% of the households in 05068 while cohabiting couple households made up 13.6% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 26.6% of all households, while 15.8% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 12.5% of households were male householders living alone, and 17.3% were female householders living alone, for a total of 29.8% of all households.

In 05068, 15.6% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 37.8% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 44
Cohabiting Couples 13.6
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
15.8
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
26.6

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 52.6% of males and 47.8% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 31.3 33.4
Now married, except separated 52.6 47.8
Separated 0 2.9
Widowed 6 3.4
Divorced 10.1 12.6

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 05068, 4 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 0% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 98.5% of the people living in 05068 were U.S. natives. 31.1% of the 05068 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 1.5% of 05068 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 36.4% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 45.5 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 05068 come from different parts of the world. The bar graph below displays the percentage of foreign-born from each world region of birth in 2020-2024 for 05068.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 0
Asia 54.5
Europe 31.8
Africa 0
Northern America 13.6
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 05068 in 2020-2024, 4.6 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 0.8% of people at least five years old; 0.3% reported that they did not speak English "very well."

Percentage of the Population 5 years and over who Speak a Language other than English in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 0.8
Other Indo-European languages 3.5
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0
Other languages 0.3

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 89.4 % of the people at least one year old living in 05068 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 89.4
Different house, same county 4.3
Different county, same state 4.1
Different state 1.2
Abroad 1

Education

In 2020-2024, 95.6 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 46.9% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 4.4% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 05068 was 456 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 24 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 210. College or graduate school enrollment was 222.

Educational Attainment of People in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 4.4
High school diploma or equivalency 33.1
Some college, no degree 11.2
Associate's degree 4.5
Bachelor's degree 23
Graduate or professional degree 23.9

Disability

In 05068, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 11.6 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 10.9% of people under 18 years old, to 8.3% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 20.1% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 05068, 66.4 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 33% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 81% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 7.8% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 11 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 1,453 81
Federal, state, or local government workers 140 7.8
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 198 11

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 05068 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 3.2
Construction 9.5
Manufacturing 10.7
Wholesale trade 0.7
Retail trade 8.8
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 2.5
Information 0
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 1.3
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 11
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 37.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 11.4
Other Services, except public administration 2
Public administration 1.2

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 05068 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 744 41.5
Service occupations 460 25.7
Sales and office occupations 291 16.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 160 8.9
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 138 7.7

Commuting to Work

An estimated 64.2% of 05068 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 7.1% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 21.2 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 64.2
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 7.1
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.6
Walked 9.5
Other means 0.1
Worked from home 18.4

In 2020-2024, 05068 had a total of 1,780 housing units. Of these housing units, 79.6% were single-family houses either not attached to any other structure or attached to one or more structures (commonly referred to as "townhouses" or "row houses"). 18.9% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 1.5% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 79.6
Apartments in multi-unit structures 18.9
Mobile homes 1.5
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

4.3% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 43.3% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 05068 was 5.6 rooms, and of these housing units 47.7% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 05068 had 1,451 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 329 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 70% while renters occupied 30%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.01 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.17.

7.4% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 16.1% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 5.7% and another 16.8% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 05068:

House Heating Fuel Used in 05068 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 20.9
Electricity 6.2
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 43.6
All other fuels 26.1
No fuel used 3.2

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 05068 was $298,600.

Of the owner-occupied households, 49.6 % had a mortgage. 50.4% owned their houses "free and clear," that is without a primary mortgage or loan on the house. The median monthly housing costs for owners with a mortgage was $2,064 and for owners without a mortgage it was $756.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 05068 was $1,097. Gross rent includes the monthly contract rent and any monthly payments made for electricity, gas, water and sewer, and any other fuels to heat the house.