West Rutland is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 2,202 people and just one neighborhood, West Rutland is the 109th largest community in Vermont. Much of the housing stock in West Rutland was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.
Unlike some towns, West Rutland isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in West Rutland are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, West Rutland is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Rutland who work in office and administrative support (14.84%), management occupations (11.40%), and healthcare (7.21%).
Also of interest is that West Rutland has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.78% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.
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!) West Rutland 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. West Rutland has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in West Rutland than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, West Rutland may be for you.
Being a small town, West Rutland does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The education level of West Rutland citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.98% of adults in West Rutland have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in West Rutland in 2022 was $33,342, which is low income relative to Vermont, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,368 for a family of four. However, West Rutland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call West Rutland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of West Rutland residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in West Rutland include Polish, English, French, Irish, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in West Rutland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
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 West Rutland, 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 Polish and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 19.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Polish ancestry and 16.8% have French ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in West Rutland are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 79.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 7.5% 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 57.3% 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, 40.2% 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 24.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.7%), and 13.7% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.3% of households.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in West Rutland, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Polish (19.9%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (19.9%), and residents who report French roots (16.8%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (13.0%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (11.5%), 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 (53.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (83.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.