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SheetVT-NORTH-WESTMINSTER-VT · North Westminster, VT 152 pop · income 49th 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 North Westminster
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest North Westminster on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Townshend · lowest
38,295
Townshend · lowest
38,295 median HH income
24.8% of the leader · rank #1
Villa Grove · near
69,900
Villa Grove · near
69,900 median HH income
45.3% of the leader · rank #2
Sankertown · near
69,900
Sankertown · near
69,900 median HH income
45.3% of the leader · rank #3
North Westmin… · this city
69,906
North Westmin… · this city
69,906 median HH income
45.3% of the leader · rank #4
Arkport · near
69,911
Arkport · near
69,911 median HH income
45.3% of the leader · rank #5
West Union · near
69,911
West Union · near
69,911 median HH income
45.3% of the leader · rank #6
Old Bennington · highest
154,375
Old Bennington · highest
154,375 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 North Westminster 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: 152.
North Westminster ranks in the 49th percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.
49th
percentile, household income
32nd
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: North Westminster, VT
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 152 residents in North Westminster, a small town within Vermont. Median household income here is $69,906 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. North Westminster's housing stock carries a median value of $165,400, and the median resident age is 57.4 years. Educational attainment runs 41.3% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 43.4% 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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,487 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Vermont run around $251, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 8.6 minutes, with 72.7% driving alone and 27.3% 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 North Westminster'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For North Westminster, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in North Westminster?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 72.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 8.6 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for North Westminster?
Within Vermont, the closest population matches are Jacksonville (152 residents, $100,278 income); Old Bennington (153 residents, $154,375 income); Newfane (154 residents). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Sidney, AR (152 residents); Bascom, FL (152 residents); Kamaili, HI (152 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.
How far does income reach against housing in North Westminster?
The home-value-to-income reference is relatively compact: the ACS median home value is 2.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, 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. The ratio makes housing the clearest place to start this profile, but a low multiple can coexist with slow demand, older stock, or household-level hardship. Compare the home-value distribution and same-state peer table before treating it as an advantage.
Below median income · poverty 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Vermont average
B-
City profile score · North Westminster, VT
67/100
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 A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B+
41.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income D
$69,906
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); 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).
North Westminster profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 76/100 (B+) · 41.3%
Household income: 49/100 (D) · $69,906
Cost of living: 48/100 (D) · 98.0 index
How does North Westminster compare to other US cities?
North Westminster measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income49% higher than other cities
Home value32% pricier 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 North Westminster 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 North Westminster near the bottom of Vermont's cities
Among the 161 Vermont cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, North Westminster ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares North Westminster only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#65 of 149
56th percentile in Vermont
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 161
0th percentile in Vermont
Median Home Value
#122 of 152
20th percentile in Vermont
Poverty Rate
#94 of 161
0th percentile in Vermont
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#54 of 161
66th 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
49th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How North Westminster's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$165,400Among the most affordablemore affordable than 68% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
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
North Westminster's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#3,314 of 15,516
More affordable than 79% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,033 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.4×, North Westminster sits in the affordable band:
national rank #3,314 of 15,516 and #3,033 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$69,906North Westminster, VT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context North Westminster, 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 North Westminster, VT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)41.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)43.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
152
Median Income
$69,906
Median Home Value
$165,400
Median Age
57.4
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
43.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
41.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
8.6 minutes
Drive Alone
72.7%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
27.3%
Based on 66 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 North Westminster. 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 North Westminster 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 North Westminster sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How North Westminster 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.