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05851

Lyndonville, VT · ACS 2020–2024

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

Total population
6,024
Median household income
$68,488
People below poverty
12.4%
Median home value
$227,200

Income

The median income of households in 05851 was $68,488. An estimated 1.9% of households had income below $10,000 a year and 5.5% had income of $200,000 or more.

Household Income in 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than $10,000 1.9
$10,000 to $14,999 5.1
$15,000 to $24,999 2.6
$25,000 to $34,999 16
$35,000 to $49,999 11.8
$50,000 to $74,999 17.9
$75,000 to $99,999 8.9
$100,000 to $149,999 26.7
$150,000 to $199,999 3.6
$200,000 or more 5.5

Median Earnings for Full-Time Year-Round Workers by Sex in 05851 in 2020-2024

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Dollars
Male 56190
Female 52972

An estimated 75.2% of households received earnings. An estimated 38% of households received Social Security and an estimated 25.4 % of households received retirement income other than Social Security. The average income from Social Security was $25,584. 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 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Earnings 75.2
Social Security 38
Retirement income 25.4
Supplemental Security Income (SSI) 6.8
Cash public assistance income 2.1

Poverty and Participation in Government Programs

In 2020-2024, 12.4 % of people were in poverty. An estimated 13.4% of children under 18 were below the poverty level, compared with 9.5% of people 65 years old and over. An estimated 13.2% of people 18 to 64 years were below the poverty level.

Poverty Rates in 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
People in poverty 12.4
Children under 18 years below poverty 13.4
People 65 years old and over below poverty 9.5
People 18 to 64 years below poverty 13.2

In 2020-2024, 13.3 % of households received SNAP (the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). An estimated 36.3% of households that received SNAP had children under 18, and 48.2% of households that received SNAP had one or more people 60 years and over. An estimated 25.6% of all households receiving SNAP were families with a female householder and no spouse present.


Among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 05851 in 2020-2024, 96.1% had health insurance coverage and 3.9% did not have health insurance coverage. Private coverage was 64.7% and public coverage was 48.2%, respectively. The percentage of children under the age of 19 with no health insurance coverage was 2.7%.


In 2020-2024, 05851 had a total population of 6,024 - 2,891 (48%) females and 3,133 (52%) males. The median age was 48.6 years. An estimated 14.3% of the population was under 18 years, 30.5% was 19 to 44 years, 29.8% was 45 to 64 years, and 22.3 % was 65 years and older.

Population by Age and Sex for 05851 in 2020-2024

Male Female
Under 5 97 115
5 to 9 178 117
10 to 14 168 47
15 to 19 141 180
20 to 24 339 185
25 to 29 166 124
30 to 34 217 212
35 to 39 240 97
40 to 44 103 159
45 to 49 162 105
50 to 54 203 204
55 to 59 212 295
60 to 64 306 308
65 to 69 161 199
70 to 74 219 259
75 to 79 150 111
80 to 84 34 118
85 and over 37 56

Hispanic Origin and Race

For people reporting one race alone, 88.6% were White; 1.8% were Black or African American; 16.3% were American Indian and Alaska Native; 0.5% were Asian; 1.2% were Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander, and 0% were Some Other Race. An estimated 4.9% reported Two or More Races. An estimated 2.6% of the people in 05851 were Hispanic or Latino. An estimated 88.3% of the people in 05851 were White alone, non-Hispanic. People of Hispanic origin may be of any race.


Households and Families

In 2020-2024, there were 2,532 households in 05851. The average household size was 2.18 people.

Married-couple households made up 47.9% of the households in 05851 while cohabiting couple households made up 11% of households. Female householders with no spouse or partner present were 24.3% of all households, while 16.7% of households had male householders with no spouse or partner present. Some households had one person, as 9.1% of households were male householders living alone, and 17.6% were female householders living alone, for a total of 26.7% of all households.

In 05851, 22.9% of all households had one or more people under the age of 18; 37.4% of all households had one or more people 65 years and over.

Types of Households in 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Married-couple households 47.9
Cohabiting Couples 11
Male Householder
No spouse/partner present
16.7
Female Householder
No spouse/partner present
24.3

Marital Status

Among persons 15 and older, 47.8% of males and 49.6% of females were currently married.

Population 15 years and over Percent
Males
Percent
Females
Never married 40.1 24.3
Now married, except separated 47.8 49.6
Separated 0.9 1
Widowed 1.2 11.4
Divorced 10 13.7

Grandparents and Grandchildren

In 05851, 49 grandparents lived with their grandchildren under 18 years old. Of those grandparents, 16.3% were responsible for the basic needs of their grandchildren.


Nativity and Foreign-Born

In 2020-2024, an estimated 96.1% of the people living in 05851 were U.S. natives. 56.3% of the 05851 population were living in the state where they were born.

Approximately 3.9% of 05851 residents in 2020-2024 were foreign-born. 66.1% of foreign-born were naturalized U.S. citizens and an estimated 78.4 % entered the country before the year 2010.

Foreign-born residents of 05851 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 05851.

Region of Birth for the Foreign-Born Population in 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Latin America 13.1
Asia 14.4
Europe 50.4
Africa 0
Northern America 22
Oceania 0

Language

Among people at least five years old living in 05851 in 2020-2024, 4 % spoke a language other than English at home. Spanish was spoken by 0.3% of people at least five years old; 1.4% 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 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Spanish 0.3
Other Indo-European languages 2.9
Asian and Pacific Islander languages 0.4
Other languages 0.4

Geographic Mobility

In 2020-2024, 93.4 % of the people at least one year old living in 05851 were living in the same house one year earlier.

Geographic Mobility of Residents of 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Same house 93.4
Different house, same county 2
Different county, same state 1.1
Different state 3.5
Abroad 0

Education

In 2020-2024, 91.4 % of people 25 years and over had at least graduated from high school and 31.3% had a bachelor's degree or higher. An estimated 8.6% did not complete high school.

The total school enrollment in 05851 was 1,246 in 2020-2024. Nursery school enrollment was 52 and kindergarten through 12th grade enrollment was 632. College or graduate school enrollment was 562.

Educational Attainment of People in 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Less than high school diploma 8.6
High school diploma or equivalency 35.9
Some college, no degree 16
Associate's degree 8.2
Bachelor's degree 21.7
Graduate or professional degree 9.6

Disability

In 05851, among the civilian noninstitutionalized population in 2020-2024, 24.3 % reported a disability. The likelihood of having a disability varied by age - from 9.1% of people under 18 years old, to 19.6% of people 18 to 64 years old, and to 48.4% of those 65 and over.


Employment Status and Type of Employer

In 05851, 60.8 % of the population 16 and over were employed; 38.4% were not currently in the labor force.

An estimated 70.7% of the people employed were private wage and salary workers; 13% were federal, state, or local government workers; and 16.3 % were self-employed in their own (not incorporated) business.

Class of worker Number Percent
Private wage and salary workers 2,267 70.7
Federal, state, or local government workers 418 13
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business 522 16.3

Industries

In 2020-2024, the civilian employed population 16 years and older in 05851 worked in the following industries:

Percent by Industry in 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining 3.6
Construction 11.2
Manufacturing 12.3
Wholesale trade 1.3
Retail trade 10.9
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities 2.3
Information 1.4
Finance and insurance, and real estate and rental and leasing 4.7
Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services 6.7
Educational services, and health care and social assistance 31.6
Arts, entertainment, and recreation, and accommodation, and food services 7.4
Other Services, except public administration 3.4
Public administration 3.2

Occupations

Occupations for the Civilian Employed Population 16 Years and over in 05851 in 2020-2024

Civilian employed population 16 years and over Number Percent
Management, business, sciences, and arts occupations 1,215 37.9
Service occupations 591 18.4
Sales and office occupations 507 15.8
Natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations 538 16.8
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations 356 11.1

Commuting to Work

An estimated 66.9% of 05851 workers drove to work alone in 2020-2024, and 9.6% carpooled. Among those who commuted to work, it took them on average 24.4 minutes to get to work.

Percent of Workers 16 and over Commuting by Mode in 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Car, truck, van -- drove alone 66.9
Car, truck, van -- carpooled 9.6
Public transportation (excluding taxicab) 0
Walked 7.1
Other means 4
Worked from home 12.4

In 2020-2024, 05851 had a total of 2,776 housing units. Of these housing units, 74% 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"). 10.9% of the housing units were located in multi-unit structures, or those buildings that contained two or more apartments. 15.1% were mobile homes, while any remaining housing units were classified as "other," which included boats, recreational vehicles, vans, etc.

Types of Housing Units in 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Single-family houses 74
Apartments in multi-unit structures 10.9
Mobile homes 15.1
Boat, RV, van, etc 0

8.5% of the housing inventory was comprised of houses built since 2010, while 19.5% of the houses were first built in 1939 or earlier. The median number of rooms in all housing units in 05851 was 5.5 rooms, and of these housing units 60.5% had three or more bedrooms.


In 2020-2024, 05851 had 2,532 housing units that were occupied or had people living in them, while the remaining 244 were vacant. Of the occupied housing units, the percentage of these houses occupied by owners (also known as the homeownership rate) was 86.8% while renters occupied 13.2%. The average household size of owner-occupied houses was 2.21 and in renter-occupied houses it was 1.97.

2.3% of householders of these occupied houses had moved into their house since 2021, while 20% moved into their house in 1989 or earlier. Households without a vehicle available for personal use comprised 6% and another 16.5% had three or more vehicles available for use.

The following chart provides the primary fuel used to heat houses in 05851:

House Heating Fuel Used in 05851 in 2020-2024

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Percent
Gas 26.5
Electricity 4.5
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc 52.8
All other fuels 16.2
No fuel used 0

In 2020-2024, the median property value for owner-occupied houses in 05851 was $227,200.

Of the owner-occupied households, 53.2 % had a mortgage. 46.8% 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 $1,503 and for owners without a mortgage it was $664.

For renter-occupied houses, the median gross rent for 05851 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.