Hartland is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 3,474 people and just one neighborhood, Hartland is the 67th largest community in Vermont.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Hartland is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Hartland is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hartland who work in management occupations (18.59%), healthcare (10.31%), and office and administrative support (10.25%).
Also of interest is that Hartland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Hartland is also a town of artists. Hartland has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Hartland’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Hartland telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.56% 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.
Because of many things, Hartland 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, Hartland really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Hartland 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!) Hartland 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. Hartland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Hartland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Hartland may be for you.
Being a small town, Hartland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Hartland are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 36.23% of adults in Hartland have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Hartland in 2022 was $42,742, which is middle income relative to Vermont, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $170,968 for a family of four. However, Hartland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Hartland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Hartland residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Hartland include English, Irish, French, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Hartland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Scandinavian languages and African languages.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Hartland, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Canadian and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Canadian ancestry and 8.5% have French Canadian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Hartland are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 59.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.6% 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 59.8% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 53.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 17.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (15.7%), and 11.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.7% of households.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Hartland, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (18.9%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.7%), and residents who report French roots (10.7%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (9.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (8.7%), among others.
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 (65.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (71.8%) 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 (12.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.