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Castleton Four Corners, VT

Castleton Four Corners's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

807
Residents
$44,934
Median income
$153,400
Median home
$1,487
Median rent (state)
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Place dossier plate

Sheet VT-CASTLETON-FOUR-CORNERS-VT · Castleton Four Corners, VT 807 pop · income 13th pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-LOW · COL-PAR · SAFE-UNK · RANK-BOTTOM · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-LOW · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 807
  • INC-LOW $44,934
  • COL-PAR 98.0
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-BOTTOM 13th
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Greensboro
  • HOME-LOW $153,400
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Greensboro, MD (+ $0 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Castleton Four Corners

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Castleton Four Corners on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Castleton Four Corners on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 807.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $44,934. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Castleton Four Corners - the verdict

Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Castleton Four Corners lands in the 13th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.

13th
percentile, household income
28th
percentile, home value
73rd
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Castleton Four Corners, VT

807 people live in Castleton Four Corners, Vermont - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Castleton Four Corners report a median income of $44,934 per year, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.8%. Home values in Castleton Four Corners run a median of $153,400, and the median resident age is 38.6 years. About 29.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 58.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Vermont tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Vermont scores 98.0 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,487 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Vermont's average monthly utility costs around $251 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.4 out of 100 (Very Low).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Castleton Four Corners's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Castleton Four Corners, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares. No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

Question 1

How far does income reach against housing in Castleton Four Corners?

The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.

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Question 2

Which cities make useful reference points for Castleton Four Corners?

Within Vermont, the closest population matches are Orleans (848 residents, $57,604 income); Ludlow (755 residents, $53,654 income); Derby Line (860 residents, $69,000 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ashland, KS (807 residents); Burnsville, MS (807 residents); Baltic, OH (807 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

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3. Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Castleton Four Corners?

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 96.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

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Population

807 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$44,934 /yr

Low income · poverty 4.8% (Below-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

98.0 (US=100)

Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Vermont average

City profile score · Castleton Four Corners, VT

43/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Poverty rate B-
4.8%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Bachelor's+ share C
29.1%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Cost of living D
98.0 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Household income F
$44,934

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Castleton Four Corners profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Poverty rate, Bachelor's+ share, Cost of living, Household income. Poverty rateBachelor's+ shareCost of livingHousehold income 43 D
Castleton Four Corners profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Poverty rate: 67/100 (B-) · 4.8%
  • Bachelor's+ share: 56/100 (C) · 29.1%
  • Cost of living: 48/100 (D) · 98.0 index
  • Household income: 13/100 (F) · $44,934

How does Castleton Four Corners compare to other US cities?

Here's how Castleton Four Corners stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.

Household income 13% higher than other cities
Home value 28% pricier than other cities
Median rent 73% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Castleton Four Corners against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Vermont only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

Vermont-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Castleton Four Corners near the bottom of Vermont's cities

Among the 161 Vermont cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Castleton Four Corners ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Castleton Four Corners only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#130 of 149
13th percentile in Vermont
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 161
0th percentile in Vermont
Median Home Value
#136 of 152
11th percentile in Vermont
Poverty Rate
#72 of 161
55th percentile in Vermont
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#101 of 161
37th percentile in Vermont
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Vermont only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

13thIncome percentile
Gauge source note

13th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Castleton Four Corners's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$153,400 Among the most affordable more affordable than 72% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). This entry sits in this band. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). Above this entry. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Above this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Castleton Four Corners $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Castleton Four Corners's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.4×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,634 of 15,516
More affordable than 44% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,004 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 3.4×, Castleton Four Corners sits in the moderate band: national rank #8,634 of 15,516 and #7,004 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$44,934 Castleton Four Corners, VT median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Castleton Four Corners, VT Castleton Four Corners, VT's median household income ($44,934) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Castleton Four Corners, VT-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Castleton Four Corners, VT median $44,934/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Castleton Four Corners, VT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Castleton Four Corners, VT.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 29.1%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 4.8%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 58.4%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
807
Median Income
$44,934
Median Home Value
$153,400
Median Age
38.6
Poverty Rate
4.8%
Labor force participation
58.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
29.1%

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
96.6%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
3.4%
Work from Home
0.0%

Based on 412 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

Vermont statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $251

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Vermont at $251 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $48 ).

These are Vermont statewide averages, not a meter reading for Castleton Four Corners. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

Vermont's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Castleton Four Corners is $1,487/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Vermont statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.4 / 100 (Very Low).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a Vermont statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Castleton Four Corners sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Castleton Four Corners compares to similar-size Vermont cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Castleton Four Corners (this city) 807 $44,934
Orleans 848 $57,604
Ludlow 755 $53,654
Derby Line 860 $69,000
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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