Montgomery - Richford is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 3,612 people and just one neighborhood, Montgomery - Richford is the 61st largest community in Vermont.
Montgomery - Richford is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Montgomery - Richford is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Montgomery - Richford who work in office and administrative support (14.20%), sales jobs (12.61%), and management occupations (11.96%).
Of important note, Montgomery - Richford is also a town of artists. Montgomery - Richford has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Montgomery - Richford’s character.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.19% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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!) Montgomery - Richford 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. Montgomery - Richford has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Montgomery - Richford than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Montgomery - Richford may be for you.
As is often the case in a small town, Montgomery - Richford doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Montgomery - Richford is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.01% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Montgomery - Richford in 2022 was $29,548, which is low income relative to Vermont, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $118,192 for a family of four. However, Montgomery - Richford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Montgomery - Richford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Montgomery - Richford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Montgomery - Richford include French, Irish, English, French Canadian, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Montgomery - Richford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 35 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 91.7% of America.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 2.3% have 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 Montgomery - Richford are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 76.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 34.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 85.5% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 38.6% 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 26.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (19.9%), and 15.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.5% of households. Some people also speak Italian (2.7%).
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 Montgomery - Richford, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (12.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (11.2%), and residents who report English roots (9.1%), and some of the residents are also of French Canadian ancestry (8.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (7.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (29.1% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (81.2%) 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 (7.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.