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05663

Northfield, VT · ACS 2020–2024

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

Total population
6,840
Median household income
$77,524
People below poverty
11.6%
Median home value
$276,100

Income

The median income of households in 05663 was $77,524. An estimated 4.7% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 4.2% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 4.7
$10,000 to $14,999 0.5
$15,000 to $24,999 10.2
$25,000 to $34,999 4.9
$35,000 to $49,999 12.6
$50,000 to $74,999 15.2
$75,000 to $99,999 14.4
$100,000 to $149,999 18.8
$150,000 to $199,999 14.5
$200,000 or more 4.2

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 05663 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 56855
Female 63000

An estimated 72.5% of households received earnings. An estimated 32.8% of households received Social Security and an estimated 27.6 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $24,081. 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 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 72.5
Social Security 32.8
Retirement income 27.6
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 4
Cash public assistance income 7.7

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 11.6 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 8.3% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 11.3% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 12.6% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 11.6
Children under 18 years below poverty 8.3
People 65 years old and over below poverty 11.3
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 12.6

In 2020-2024, 8.4 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 51.7% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 39.7% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 35.4% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 05663 in 2020-2024, 97.1% had health insurance coverage and 2.9% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 77.2% and public coverage was 34.7%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 2.8%.


In 2020-2024, 05663 had a total population of 6,840 - 3,119 (45.6%) females and 3,721 (54.4%) males. The median age was 39.1 years. An estimated 14.9% of the population was under 18 years, 35.6% was 19 to 44 years, 23.8% was 45 to 64 years, and 19.8 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 05663 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 199 152
5 to 9 220 205
10 to 14 110 77
15 to 19 312 140
20 to 24 632 307
25 to 29 233 204
30 to 34 180 177
35 to 39 149 159
40 to 44 239 159
45 to 49 57 227
50 to 54 172 166
55 to 59 327 237
60 to 64 247 200
65 to 69 274 272
70 to 74 121 156
75 to 79 113 91
80 to 84 86 58
85 and over 50 132

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 91.8% were White; 0.6% were Black or African American; 13.9% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0.7% were Asian; 0.4% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 6.5% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 1.7% of the people in 05663 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 91% of the people in 05663 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 2,495 households in 05663. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Married-couple households made up 54.2% of the households in 05663 while cohabiting couple households made up 7.8% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 22.3% of all households, while 15.7% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 10.6% of households were male householders living alone, and 17.2% were female householders living alone, for a total of 27.8% of all households.

In 05663, 22.8% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 35.7% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 54.2
Cohabiting Couples 7.8
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
15.7
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
22.3

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 46.6% of males and 51% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 42.2 26.6
Now married, except separated 46.6 51
Separated 0.7 1.5
Widowed 1.9 8.8
Divorced 8.7 12

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 05663, 105 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 62.9% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 98% of the people living in 05663 were U.S. natives. 56.7% of the 05663 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 2% of 05663 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 45.7% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 45.7 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 05663 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 05663.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 5
Asia 15.7
Europe 57.9
Africa 0
Northern America 21.4
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 05663 in 2020-2024, 3.6 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 0.5% of people at least five years old; 0.5% 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 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 0.5
Other Indo-European languages 1.8
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.9
Other languages 0.5

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 85.3 % of the people at least one year old living in 05663 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 85.3
Different house, same county 6.6
Different county, same state 3.3
Different state 4.8
Abroad 0

Education

In 2020-2024, 97.8 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 35.7% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 2.2% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 05663 was 1,791 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 182 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 643. College or graduate school enrollment was 966.

Educational Attainment of People in 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 2.2
High school diploma or equivalency 37.2
Some college, no degree 17.4
Associate's degree 7.4
Bachelor's degree 19.2
Graduate or professional degree 16.6

Disability

In 05663, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 14.4 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 3.3% of people under 18 years old, to 11.1% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 34.6% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 05663, 59.5 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 38.5% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 73.3% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 22.4% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 3.6 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 2,551 73.3
Federal, state, or local government workers 778 22.4
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 124 3.6

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 05663 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 2.1
Construction 11.3
Manufacturing 6.5
Wholesale trade 2.1
Retail trade 12.6
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 2.8
Information 3.3
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 6
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 5.8
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 25
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 8.7
Other Services, except public administration 5.1
Public administration 8.7

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 05663 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 1,436 41.3
Service occupations 455 13.1
Sales and office occupations 701 20.2
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 555 16
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 331 9.5

Commuting to Work

An estimated 75.8% of 05663 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 5.1% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 25.9 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 75.8
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 5.1
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0.3
Walked 4.8
Other means 2.1
Worked from home 11.9

In 2020-2024, 05663 had a total of 2,821 housing units. Of these housing units, 70.5% 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"). 22.4% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 7% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 70.5
Apartments in multi-unit structures 22.4
Mobile homes 7
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

4.3% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 36.9% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 05663 was 5.9 rooms, and of these housing units 68.8% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 05663 had 2,495 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 326 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 75.4% while renters occupied 24.6%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.56 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.92.

3.5% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 18.1% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 2.2% and another 20.1% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 05663:

House Heating Fuel Used in 05663 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 16.5
Electricity 4.9
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 58.6
All other fuels 20
No fuel used 0

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 05663 was $276,100.

Of the owner-occupied households, 61.5 % had a mortgage. 38.5% 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 $1,989 and for owners without a mortgage it was $790.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 05663 was $1,022. 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.