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05486

South Hero, VT · ACS 2020–2024

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

Total population
1,500
Median household income
$126,513
People below poverty
3.7%
Median home value
$544,700

Income

The median income of households in 05486 was $126,513. An estimated 4.3% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 26.5% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 4.3
$10,000 to $14,999 1.4
$15,000 to $24,999 1.6
$25,000 to $34,999 3.8
$35,000 to $49,999 5.1
$50,000 to $74,999 9.2
$75,000 to $99,999 13.3
$100,000 to $149,999 19
$150,000 to $199,999 16
$200,000 or more 26.5

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 05486 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 90313
Female 69063

An estimated 73.1% of households received earnings. An estimated 38.7% of households received Social Security and an estimated 32.1 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $32,220. 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 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 73.1
Social Security 38.7
Retirement income 32.1
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 0.9
Cash public assistance income 1.7

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 3.7 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 0% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 4.7% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 4.1% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 3.7
Children under 18 years below poverty 0
People 65 years old and over below poverty 4.7
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 4.1

In 2020-2024, 3.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 19% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 71.4% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 9.5% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 05486 in 2020-2024, 98.1% had health insurance coverage and 1.9% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 77.6% and public coverage was 38.4%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 0%.


In 2020-2024, 05486 had a total population of 1,500 - 705 (47%) females and 795 (53%) males. The median age was 52.4 years. An estimated 14.1% of the population was under 18 years, 23.8% was 19 to 44 years, 33.4% was 45 to 64 years, and 27 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 05486 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 54 10
5 to 9 34 38
10 to 14 25 26
15 to 19 42 8
20 to 24 33 34
25 to 29 7 29
30 to 34 34 29
35 to 39 33 32
40 to 44 77 49
45 to 49 67 38
50 to 54 29 62
55 to 59 72 69
60 to 64 76 88
65 to 69 74 71
70 to 74 55 61
75 to 79 40 14
80 to 84 22 13
85 and over 21 34

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 93.9% were White; 0% were Black or African American; 11.5% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0.1% were Asian; 0% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 5.9% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 3.2% of the people in 05486 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 91.7% of the people in 05486 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 633 households in 05486. The average household size was 2.37 people.

Married-couple households made up 65.2% of the households in 05486 while cohabiting couple households made up 10% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 17.1% of all households, while 7.7% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 7.3% of households were male householders living alone, and 13.3% were female householders living alone, for a total of 20.6% of all households.

In 05486, 17.4% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 42.3% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 65.2
Cohabiting Couples 10
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
7.7
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
17.1

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 68.3% of males and 66.1% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 21.8 15.5
Now married, except separated 68.3 66.1
Separated 0.6 0.3
Widowed 1.9 7.6
Divorced 7.3 10.5

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 05486, 11 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 97.7% of the people living in 05486 were U.S. natives. 42.9% of the 05486 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 2.3% of 05486 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 58.8% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 88.2 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 05486 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 05486.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 0
Asia 35.3
Europe 47.1
Africa 0
Northern America 11.8
Oceania 5.9

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 05486 in 2020-2024, 3 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 1.1% of people at least five years old; 0.7% 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 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 1.1
Other Indo-European languages 1
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0
Other languages 0.9

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 86.9 % of the people at least one year old living in 05486 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 86.9
Different house, same county 0.5
Different county, same state 3.6
Different state 8.8
Abroad 0.3

Education

In 2020-2024, 99.1 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 61.1% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 1% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 05486 was 195 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 20 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 140. College or graduate school enrollment was 35.

Educational Attainment of People in 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 1
High school diploma or equivalency 17.6
Some college, no degree 13.7
Associate's degree 6.7
Bachelor's degree 37
Graduate or professional degree 24.1

Disability

In 05486, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 10 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 1.4% of people under 18 years old, to 3.2% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 29.4% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 05486, 64.3 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 31.2% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 75.9% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 15.3% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 8.5 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 637 75.9
Federal, state, or local government workers 128 15.3
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 71 8.5

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 05486 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 5
Construction 7.4
Manufacturing 6.6
Wholesale trade 0
Retail trade 5
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 8.7
Information 5.6
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 5.5
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 13.9
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 26.5
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 6.8
Other Services, except public administration 4.5
Public administration 4.5

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 05486 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 511 60.9
Service occupations 102 12.2
Sales and office occupations 91 10.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 70 8.3
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 65 7.7

Commuting to Work

An estimated 61.2% of 05486 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 7.4% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 24.2 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 61.2
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 7.4
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 3.3
Other means 1.2
Worked from home 26.9

In 2020-2024, 05486 had a total of 1,017 housing units. Of these housing units, 88.7% 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"). 5.4% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 5.9% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 88.7
Apartments in multi-unit structures 5.4
Mobile homes 5.9
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

15.6% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 18.5% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 05486 was 5.6 rooms, and of these housing units 61.6% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 05486 had 633 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 384 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 84.5% while renters occupied 15.5%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.38 and in renter-occupied houses it was 2.32.

2.5% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 14.5% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 3.2% and another 24% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 05486:

House Heating Fuel Used in 05486 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 39.6
Electricity 7.7
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 35.2
All other fuels 16.8
No fuel used 0.6

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 05486 was $544,700.

Of the owner-occupied households, 54.4 % had a mortgage. 45.6% 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 $2,578 and for owners without a mortgage it was $1,058.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 05486 was $1,439. 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.