Topsham - Corinth is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 2,714 people and just one neighborhood, Topsham - Corinth is the 91st largest community in Vermont.
Unlike some towns, Topsham - Corinth isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Topsham - Corinth are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Topsham - Corinth is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Topsham - Corinth who work in management occupations (13.45%), office and administrative support (8.40%), and healthcare (7.21%).
Of important note, Topsham - Corinth is also a town of artists. Topsham - Corinth has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Topsham - Corinth’s character.
Also of interest is that Topsham - Corinth has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Topsham - Corinth telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 19.86% 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.
Topsham - Corinth is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Topsham - Corinth’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.
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!) Topsham - Corinth 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. Topsham - Corinth has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Topsham - Corinth than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Topsham - Corinth may be for you.
In Topsham - Corinth, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.23 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Topsham - Corinth is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The overall education level of Topsham - Corinth citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.34% of adults in Topsham - Corinth have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Topsham - Corinth in 2022 was $36,767, which is lower middle income relative to Vermont, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,068 for a family of four. However, Topsham - Corinth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Topsham - Corinth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Topsham - Corinth residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Topsham - Corinth include English, Irish, French, Scottish, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Topsham - Corinth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
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 Topsham - Corinth, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 27 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 93.2% of all U.S. neighborhoods. One of the notable things about is that it is one of the quietest neighborhoods in America, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and quantitative rating of quietness. When you are here, you will find it to be very quiet. If quiet and peaceful are your cup of tea, you may have found a great place for you.
It used to be that most Americans lived on the farm, or otherwise made their living from the land, the forests, or the sea. With global trade and an economy increasingly based on providing services to one another, fewer people farm, fish or harvest timber now than at any time in American history. But according to NeighborhoodScout's leading analysis, the neighborhood stands apart from most American neighborhood due to the proportion of its residents still working in these fields. With 4.6% of the workforce so employed, this neighborhood has a greater concentration of such workers than 96.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 9.0% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 9.0% 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 Topsham - Corinth are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 50.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 14.0% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 58.2% of U.S. neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 39.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.5%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Topsham - Corinth, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (30.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (16.9%), and residents who report French roots (9.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scottish ancestry (9.0%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (9.0%), 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 (29.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (68.8%) 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 (9.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.