Table DP-1. Profile of General Demographic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Ira town, Rutland County, Vermont
[For information on confidentiality protection, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 100.0 HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 100.0
SEX AND AGE Hispanic or Latino (of any race) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 45.9 Mexican . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246 54.1 Puerto Rican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 5.7 Cuban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 9.7 Other Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 9.7 Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 100.0
15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 6.8 White alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 99.8
20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 5.7 RELATIONSHIP
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 7.3 Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 100.0
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 20.9 In households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 100.0
45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 19.3 Householder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 35.8
55 to 59 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 3.1 Spouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 22.6
60 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3.5 Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 34.3
65 to 74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 4.4 Own child under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127 27.9
75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3.3 Other relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 3.5
85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0.7 Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.5
Median age (years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37.6 (X) Nonrelatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 3.7
Unmarried partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.3
18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321 70.5 In group quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151 33.2 Institutionalized population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170 37.4 Noninstitutionalized population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
21 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304 66.8
62 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 10.8 HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 8.4 Total households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 100.0
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3.3 Family households (families). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 77.3
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 5.1 With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 66 40.5
Married-couple family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 63.2
RACE With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 55 33.7
One race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455 100.0 Female householder, no husband present . . . . . 15 9.2
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 99.8 With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 6 3.7
Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Nonfamily households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 22.7
American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . - - Householder living alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 18.4
Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0.2 Householder 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 6.1
Asian Indian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Chinese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0.2 Households with individuals under 18 years . . . . . 69 42.3
Filipino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Households with individuals 65 years and over . . 27 16.6
Japanese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Average household size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.79 (X)
Korean . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Average family size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.18 (X)
Vietnamese. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Other Asian 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . - -
Total housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 100.0
Native Hawaiian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 84.9
Guamanian or Chamorro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Vacant housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 15.1
Samoan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
For seasonal, recreational, or
Other Pacific Islander 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - occasional use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 12.5
Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Two or more races . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Homeowner vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.7 (X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 (X)
Race alone or in combination with one
or more other races: 3 HOUSING TENURE
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 99.8 Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163 100.0
Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Owner-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 86.5
American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 13.5
Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 0.2
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . . . - - Average household size of owner-occupied units. 2.87 (X)
Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Average household size of renter-occupied units . 2.32 (X)
- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1
Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2
Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3
In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages
may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
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U.S. Census Bureau
Table DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Ira town, Rutland County, Vermont
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Population 3 years and over Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 100.0
enrolled in school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 100.0 Native. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460 99.6
Nursery school, preschool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.6 Born in United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454 98.3
Kindergarten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 10.9 State of residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330 71.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 50.4 Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 26.8
High school (grades 9-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 21.9 Born outside United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.3
College or graduate school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 13.1 Foreign born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT Naturalized citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0.4
Population 25 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 282 100.0 Not a citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Less than 9th grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 3.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 6.0 REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
High school graduate (includes equivalency). . . . . 124 44.0 Total (excluding born at sea). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 100.0
Some college, no degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 13.5 Europe . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Associate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 8.5 Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Bachelor’s degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 17.7 Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Graduate or professional degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 6.4 Oceania . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 100.0
Percent high school graduate or higher . . . . . . . . . 90.1 (X) Northern America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Percent bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . 24.1 (X)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
MARITAL STATUS Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422 100.0
Population 15 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 331 100.0 English only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411 97.4
Never married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 24.8 Language other than English . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.6
Now married, except separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209 63.1 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 3 0.7
Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2.6
Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5.4 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . 3 0.7
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 4.8 Other Indo-European languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Divorced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 6.6 Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . - -
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.8 Asian and Pacific Island languages . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Speak English less than ″very well″ . . . . . . . . - -
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Grandparent living in household with
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462 100.0
one or more own grandchildren under
18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 100.0 Total ancestries reported . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 586 126.8
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren . . . . . . - - Arab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.5
Czech1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
VETERAN STATUS Danish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Civilian population 18 years and over . . 310 100.0 Dutch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.7
Civilian veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 7.1 English. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 16.2
French (except Basque)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 12.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN French Canadian1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0.4
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION German . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 10.8
Population 5 to 20 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126 100.0 Greek . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 10.3 Hungarian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1.7
Irish1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 22.3
Population 21 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264 100.0 Italian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 10.2
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 12.9 Lithuanian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.7 (X) Norwegian. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
No disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 87.1 Polish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 20.6
Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81.3 (X) Portuguese . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Population 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 32 100.0 Russian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 50.0 Scotch-Irish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Scottish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 5.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995 Slovak . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . 422 100.0 Subsaharan African. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 0.6
Same house in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309 73.2 Swedish. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 4.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113 26.8 Swiss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1.1
Same county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86 20.4 Ukrainian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Different county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 6.4 United States or American. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 11.9
Same state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0.5 Welsh. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 1.5
Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 5.9 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) . . . . . . . . - -
Elsewhere in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Other ancestries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 3.2
-Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
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The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsa-
tian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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U.S. Census Bureau
Table DP-3. Profile of Selected Economic Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Ira town, Rutland County, Vermont
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
EMPLOYMENT STATUS INCOME IN 1999
Population 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 324 100.0 Households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 100.0
In labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 72.2 Less than $10,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.8
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234 72.2 $10,000 to $14,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.4
Employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 69.1 $15,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 9.0
Unemployed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3.1 $25,000 to $34,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 15.9
Percent of civilian labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 (X) $35,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 22.1
Armed Forces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - $50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 36.6
Not in labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90 27.8 $75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 5.5
Females 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 100.0 $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.8
In labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 64.8 $150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.1
Civilian labor force. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114 64.8 $200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Median household income (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46,875 (X)
Employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 63.6
Own children under 6 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 100.0 With earnings . . . . . . . . . . .1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137 94.5
All parents in family in labor force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 69.1 Mean earnings (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48,043 (X)
With Social Security income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 17.9
COMMUTING TO WORK Mean Social Security income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . 12,885 (X)
Workers 16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220 100.0 With Supplemental Security Income . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.1
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175 79.5 Mean Supplemental Security Income
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 9.5 (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,150 (X)
Public transportation (including taxicab) . . . . . . . . . - - With public assistance income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.1
Walked. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 0.9 Mean public assistance income (dollars)1 . . . . . 5,667 (X)
Other means. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1.8 With retirement income . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 12.4
Worked at home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8.2 Mean retirement income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,122 (X)
Mean travel time to work (minutes)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . 22.8 (X)
Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123 100.0
Employed civilian population Less than $10,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.6
16 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224 100.0 $10,000 to $14,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.3
OCCUPATION $15,000 to $24,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 7.3
Management, professional, and related $25,000 to $34,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 11.4
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 33.9 $35,000 to $49,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 22.0
Service occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 12.1 $50,000 to $74,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 41.5
Sales and office occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 24.6 $75,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.9
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations. . . . . . . 9 4.0 $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3.3
Construction, extraction, and maintenance $150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4.9
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 12.9 $200,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Production, transportation, and material moving Median family income (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51,375 (X)
occupations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 12.5
Per capita income (dollars)1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16,756 (X)
INDUSTRY Median earnings (dollars):
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, Male full-time, year-round workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31,500 (X)
and mining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 8.0 Female full-time, year-round workers . . . . . . . . . . . 26,042 (X)
Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 8.5
Manufacturing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 13.4 Number Percent
Wholesale trade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 6.3 below below
Retail trade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 13.8 poverty poverty
Subject level level
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities . . . . 12 5.4
Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.1
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
leasing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 1.3 Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 6.5
Professional, scientific, management, adminis- With related children under 18 years. . . . . . . . . . . . 8 10.4
trative, and waste management services . . . . . . . 15 6.7 With related children under 5 years. . . . . . . . . . . 4 15.4
Educational, health and social services . . . . . . . . . 52 23.2
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation Families with female householder, no
and food services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5.8 husband present . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 26.7
Other services (except public administration) . . . . 10 4.5 With related children under 18 years. . . . . . . . . . . . 4 44.4
Public administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - With related children under 5 years. . . . . . . . . . . 2 40.0
CLASS OF WORKER Individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 10.4
Private wage and salary workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176 78.6 18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 5.8
Government workers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 7.6 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated Related children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 19.7
business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 13.8 Related children 5 to 17 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 14.3
Unpaid family workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Unrelated individuals 15 years and over. . . . . . . . . 4 10.5
-Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
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If the denominator of a mean value or per capita value is less than 30, then that value is calculated using a rounded aggregate in the numerator.
See text.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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Table DP-4. Profile of Selected Housing Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Ira town, Rutland County, Vermont
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
Total housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196 100.0 OCCUPANTS PER ROOM
UNITS IN STRUCTURE Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 100.0
1-unit, detached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161 82.1 1.00 or less. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165 98.8
1-unit, attached . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.0 1.01 to 1.50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
2 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.6 1.51 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2
3 or 4 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.0
5 to 9 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Specified owner-occupied units . . . . . . . . 73 100.0
10 to 19 units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - VALUE
20 or more units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Less than $50,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.7
Mobile home. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 9.2 $50,000 to $99,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 58.9
Boat, RV, van, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - $100,000 to $149,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 31.5
$150,000 to $199,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 6.8
YEAR STRUCTURE BUILT $200,000 to $299,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
1999 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - $300,000 to $499,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
1995 to 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3.6 $500,000 to $999,999. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 12.8 $1,000,000 or more. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 15.3 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91,500 (X)
1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 22.4
1960 to 1969 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 9.7 MORTGAGE STATUS AND SELECTED
1940 to 1959 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 7.7 MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
1939 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 28.6 With a mortgage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 74.0
Less than $300 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
ROOMS $300 to $499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5.5
1 room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - $500 to $699 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 13.7
2 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.0 $700 to $999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 28.8
3 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5.6 $1,000 to $1,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 21.9
4 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 12.2 $1,500 to $1,999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 4.1
5 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 18.9 $2,000 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
6 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 20.9 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867 (X)
7 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 28.1 Not mortgaged . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 26.0
8 rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6.1 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 (X)
9 or more rooms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 6.1
Median (rooms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.0 (X) SELECTED MONTHLY OWNER COSTS
AS A PERCENTAGE OF HOUSEHOLD
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167 100.0 INCOME IN 1999
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT Less than 15.0 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 17.8
1999 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 11.4 15.0 to 19.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 23.3
1995 to 1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 14.4 20.0 to 24.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 21.9
1990 to 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 21.0 25.0 to 29.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 12.3
1980 to 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 22.2 30.0 to 34.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9.6
1970 to 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 19.8 35.0 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 12.3
1969 or earlier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 11.4 Not computed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2.7
VEHICLES AVAILABLE Specified renter-occupied units . . . . . . . . 19 100.0
None . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.4 GROSS RENT
1 ........................................... 29 17.4 Less than $200 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
2 ........................................... 84 50.3 $200 to $299 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 10.5
3 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 29.9 $300 to $499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 57.9
$500 to $749 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 31.6
HOUSE HEATING FUEL $750 to $999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Utility gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - $1,000 to $1,499 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Bottled, tank, or LP gas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.8 $1,500 or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Electricity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2.4 No cash rent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 74.3 Median (dollars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456 (X)
Coal or coke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Wood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 17.4 GROSS RENT AS A PERCENTAGE OF
Solar energy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - HOUSEHOLD INCOME IN 1999
Other fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - Less than 15.0 percent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 47.4
No fuel used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2 15.0 to 19.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
20.0 to 24.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 10.5
SELECTED CHARACTERISTICS 25.0 to 29.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 10.5
Lacking complete plumbing facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 30.0 to 34.9 percent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Lacking complete kitchen facilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - - 35.0 percent or more . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 31.6
No telephone service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2 Not computed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
-Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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