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Place dossier plate
SheetVT-EAST-CHARLOTTE-VT · East Charlotte, VT 135 pop · income 96th pct
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 East Charlotte
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest East Charlotte on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Rockingham · lowest
19,958
Rockingham · lowest
19,958 median HH income
12.0% of the leader · rank #1
Park Ridge · near
165,391
Park Ridge · near
165,391 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
Woodland · near
165,427
Woodland · near
165,427 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #3
East Charlotte · this city
165,446
East Charlotte · this city
165,446 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #4
Albin · near
165,469
Albin · near
165,469 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Shoal Creek · near
165,625
Shoal Creek · near
165,625 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #6
Amherst · highest
165,714
Amherst · highest
165,714 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for East Charlotte 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: 135.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, East Charlotte lands in the 96th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
96th
percentile, household income
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: East Charlotte, VT
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 135 residents in East Charlotte, a small town within Vermont. East Charlotte households earn a median of $165,446 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. The median resident age is 41.2 years. 52.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 100.0% 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. Monthly utility costs average around $251 across Vermont, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 20.0 minutes, with 76.6% driving alone and 23.4% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 36.4 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of East Charlotte'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 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 East Charlotte, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, local building permits; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for East Charlotte?
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.
Within Vermont, the closest population matches are Middletown Springs (134 residents, $66,250 income); East Burke (141 residents, $80,000 income); Huntington Center (143 residents, $91,862 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Rockingham, GA (135 residents); Ferris, IL (135 residents); Hamburg, IL (135 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.
What does the journey to work look like in East Charlotte?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 20.0 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Top-decile income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Vermont average
A-
City profile score · East Charlotte, VT
84/100
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.
Household income A+
$165,446
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A
52.3%
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
East Charlotte profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $165,446
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 86/100 (A) · 52.3%
Cost of living: 48/100 (D) · 98.0 index
How does East Charlotte compare to other US cities?
East Charlotte measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income96% higher than other cities
Median rent73% 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 East Charlotte 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 East Charlotte near the bottom of Vermont's cities
Among the 161 Vermont cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, East Charlotte ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares East Charlotte only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#2 of 149
99th percentile in Vermont
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 161
0th percentile in Vermont
Poverty Rate
#94 of 161
0th percentile in Vermont
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#30 of 161
81st 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.
Gauge source note
96th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$165,446East Charlotte, VT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context East Charlotte, 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 East Charlotte, VT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)52.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)100.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
135
Median Income
$165,446
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
41.2
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
100.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
52.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
20.0 minutes
Drive Alone
76.6%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
23.4%
Based on 107 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 East Charlotte. 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 East Charlotte 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 East Charlotte sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How East Charlotte 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.
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.