Halifax, Vermont
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Population change since 2000: -6.9%
Males: 369 | (50.7%) |
Females: 359 | (49.3%) |
Median resident age: | 47.9 years |
Vermont median age: | 45.8 years |
Zip codes: 05358.
Halifax: | $62,461 |
VT: | $73,991 |
Estimated per capita income in 2022: $35,277 (it was $17,738 in 2000)
Halifax town income, earnings, and wages data
Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $245,808 (it was $98,800 in 2000)
Halifax: | $245,808 |
VT: | $304,700 |
Mean prices in 2022: all housing units: $298,935; detached houses: $317,292; townhouses or other attached units: $299,018; in 2-unit structures: $292,940; in 3-to-4-unit structures: $427,770; in 5-or-more-unit structures: $214,034; mobile homes: $65,502
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Halifax, VT
- 70596.8%White alone
- 111.5%Two or more races
- 60.8%Hispanic
- 40.5%Black alone
- 10.1%American Indian alone
- 10.1%Asian alone
Races in Halifax detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
According to our research of Vermont and other state lists, there was 1 registered sex offender living in Halifax, Vermont as of May 29, 2024.
The ratio of all residents to sex offenders in Halifax is 728 to 1.
The ratio of registered sex offenders to all residents in this city is lower than the state average.
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Ancestries: English (21.5%), Irish (12.5%), French (11.8%), French Canadian (7.3%), German (6.9%), United States (5.4%).
Current Local Time: EST time zone
Elevation: 1590 feet
Land area: 39.7 square miles.
Population density: 18 people per square mile (very low).
10 residents are foreign born
This town: | 1.3% |
Vermont: | 3.8% |
Halifax town: | 1.7% ($1,659) |
Vermont: | 2.0% ($2,196) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Chicopee, MA (43.1 miles , pop. 54,653).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (90.4 miles , pop. 589,141).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (145.8 miles , pop. 1,332,650).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 42.78 N, Longitude: 72.75 W
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 2017: 3 buildings, average cost: $246,000
- 2016: 3 buildings, average cost: $246,000
- 2012: 3 buildings, average cost: $47,900
- 2011: 6 buildings, average cost: $96,700
- 2010: 3 buildings, average cost: $240,000
- 2009: 2 buildings, average cost: $130,000
- 2008: 4 buildings, average cost: $355,000
- 2007: 7 buildings, average cost: $154,300
- 2006: 5 buildings, average cost: $122,000
- 2005: 10 buildings, average cost: $136,000
- 2004: 4 buildings, average cost: $231,300
- 2003: 8 buildings, average cost: $225,000
- 2002: 9 buildings, average cost: $91,700
- 2001: 8 buildings, average cost: $91,700
- 2000: 7 buildings, average cost: $91,700
- 1999: 6 buildings, average cost: $91,700
- 1998: 6 buildings, average cost: $91,700
- 1997: 5 buildings, average cost: $91,700
Here: | 2.1% |
Vermont: | 2.0% |
- Accommodation & food services (11.5%)
- Construction (8.5%)
- Educational services (7.8%)
- Health care (6.2%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (5.2%)
- Finance & insurance (5.2%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (5.0%)
- Construction (14.5%)
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing & hunting (9.2%)
- Accommodation & food services (6.3%)
- Wood products (5.3%)
- Metal & metal products (5.3%)
- Educational services (4.8%)
- Finance & insurance (4.3%)
- Accommodation & food services (17.1%)
- Health care (11.9%)
- Educational services (10.9%)
- Professional, scientific, technical services (6.7%)
- Finance & insurance (6.2%)
- Food & beverage stores (5.7%)
- Public administration (3.6%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (6.8%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (5.2%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4.5%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (4.2%)
- Cashiers (4.2%)
- Food and beverage serving workers, except waiters and waitresses (3.5%)
- Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (3.2%)
- Metal workers and plastic workers (8.7%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (6.8%)
- Carpenters (4.8%)
- Cashiers (4.3%)
- Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair workers, including supervisors (4.3%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4.3%)
- Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (4.3%)
- Other production occupations, including supervisors (6.7%)
- Other management occupations, except farmers and farm managers (5.2%)
- Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (4.7%)
- Cashiers (4.1%)
- Secretaries and administrative assistants (4.1%)
- Food and beverage serving workers, except waiters and waitresses (4.1%)
- Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (3.6%)
Average climate in Halifax, Vermont
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
(lower is better)
Air Quality Index (AQI) level in 2022 was 65.9. This is about average.
City: | 65.9 |
U.S.: | 72.6 |
Ozone [ppb] level in 2022 was 23.8. This is better than average. Closest monitor was 10.8 miles away from the city center.
City: | 23.8 |
U.S.: | 33.3 |
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) [µg/m3] level in 2022 was 6.79. This is about average. Closest monitor was 14.4 miles away from the city center.
City: | 6.79 |
U.S.: | 8.11 |
Tornado activity:
Halifax-area historical tornado activity is significantly above Vermont state average. It is 23% smaller than the overall U.S. average.
On 6/9/1953, a category F4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 36.5 miles away from the Halifax town center killed 90 people and injured 1228 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.
On 8/20/1968, a category F3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 22.1 miles away from the town center injured one person and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.
Earthquake activity:
Halifax-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Vermont state average. It is 69% smaller than the overall U.S. average.On 10/7/1983 at 10:18:46, a magnitude 5.3 (5.1 MB, 5.3 LG, 5.1 ML, Class: Moderate, Intensity: VI - VII) earthquake occurred 113.9 miles away from the city center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.3 (5.3 ML, Depth: 3.0 mi) earthquake occurred 128.7 miles away from Halifax center
On 4/20/2002 at 10:50:47, a magnitude 5.2 (5.2 MB, 4.2 MS, 5.2 MW, 5.0 MW) earthquake occurred 127.5 miles away from the city center
On 1/19/1982 at 00:14:42, a magnitude 4.7 (4.5 MB, 4.7 MD, 4.5 LG, Class: Light, Intensity: IV - V) earthquake occurred 76.4 miles away from Halifax center
On 10/16/2012 at 23:12:25, a magnitude 4.7 (4.7 ML, Depth: 10.0 mi) earthquake occurred 119.7 miles away from the city center
On 6/17/1991 at 08:53:16, a magnitude 4.1 (4.0 MB, 4.0 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 98.6 miles away from Halifax center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Windham County (16) is near the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 13
Emergencies Declared: 2
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 11, Storms: 10, Tropical Storms: 2, Hurricane: 1, Landslide: 1, Snowstorm: 1, Wind: 1, Winter Storm: 1 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Hospitals and medical centers near Halifax:
- THOMPSON HOUSE NURSING HOME (Nursing Home, about 11 miles away; BRATTLEBORO, VT)
- BRATTLEBORO MEMORIAL HOSPITAL Acute Care Hospitals (about 11 miles away; BRATTLEBORO, VT)
- PINE HEIGHTS AT BRATTLEBORO CENTER FOR NURSING AND R (Nursing Home, about 11 miles away; BRATTLEBORO, VT)
- LINDEN LODGE NURSING HOME (Nursing Home, about 11 miles away; BRATTLEBORO, VT)
- SOUTHERN VERMONT HOME HEALTH (Home Health Center, about 11 miles away; BRATTLEBORO, VT)
- VERNON GREEN NURSING HOME (Nursing Home, about 13 miles away; VERNON, VT)
- ANCHORAGE NURSING HOME (Nursing Home, about 14 miles away; SHELBURNE, MA)
Operable nuclear power plant near Halifax:
- 12 miles: Vermont Yankee in Vernon, VT.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Halifax:
- Williams College (about 24 miles; Williamstown, MA; Full-time enrollment: 2,141)
- Keene State College (about 26 miles; Keene, NH; FT enrollment: 5,098)
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst (about 30 miles; Amherst, MA; FT enrollment: 26,583)
- Smith College (about 33 miles; Northampton, MA; FT enrollment: 3,549)
- Franklin Pierce University (about 36 miles; Rindge, NH; FT enrollment: 2,139)
- Mount Holyoke College (about 38 miles; South Hadley, MA; FT enrollment: 2,573)
- Holyoke Community College (about 41 miles; Holyoke, MA; FT enrollment: 4,911)
Public elementary/middle school in Halifax:
- HALIFAX WEST SCHOOL (Students: 59, Location: 246 BRANCH ROAD, Grades: KG-8)
Points of interest:
Notable locations in Halifax: Moss Hollow Campground (A), Deer Park (B), Halifax Fire Company Incorporated (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: Grove Cemetery (1), Hall Cemetery (2), Whitneyville Cemetery (3), Hatch Cemetery (4), West Halifax Cemetery (5), Thomas Hill-Bell-Phelps Cemetery (6), Taylor-Stacy Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map
Reservoir: Deer Park Pond (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Stowe Brook (A), Sperry Brook (B), Randall Brook (C), Pond Brook (D), Pease Brook (E), Branch Brook (F), Hager Brook (G), Fowler Brook (H), Harrisville Brook (I). Display/hide their locations on the map
Birthplace of: Elisha Otis - Inventor, Francis Fisher Browne - Union Army soldier.
This town: | 2.2 people |
Vermont: | 2.3 people |
This town: | 61.5% |
Whole state: | 62.5% |
This town: | 7.6% |
Whole state: | 9.2% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.6% of all households
- Gay men: 0.3% of all households
This town: | 16.2% |
Whole state: | 9.4% |
This town: | 5.7% |
Whole state: | 3.6% |
For population 15 years and over in Halifax:
- Never married: 27.5%
- Now married: 55.2%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 4.4%
- Divorced: 11.4%
For population 25 years and over in Halifax:
- High school or higher: 82.2%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 29.1%
- Graduate or professional degree: 17.6%
- Unemployed: 3.8%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 29.8 minutes
Here: | 13.2 |
Vermont average: | 11.7 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Halifax, VT (based on Windham County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Catholic | 8,753 | 8 |
Mainline Protestant | 3,412 | 38 |
Evangelical Protestant | 1,026 | 13 |
Other | 647 | 12 |
None | 30,675 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Here: | 4.14 / 10,000 pop. |
Vermont: | 3.84 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 1.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Vermont: | 1.95 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 7.37 / 10,000 pop. |
Vermont: | 6.40 / 10,000 pop. |
Windham County: | 18.87 / 10,000 pop. |
Vermont: | 11.52 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 6.7% |
Vermont: | 6.8% |
Here: | 22.6% |
Vermont: | 22.3% |
Windham County: | 12.5% |
Vermont: | 13.3% |
Strongest AM radio stations in Halifax:
- WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WIZZ (1520 AM; daytime; 10 kW; GREENFIELD, MA; Owner: P. & M. RADIO, LLC)
- WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WGY (810 AM; 50 kW; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
- WVNE (760 AM; daytime; 25 kW; LEICESTER, MA; Owner: BLOUNT MASSCOM, INC.)
- WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WPTR (1540 AM; 50 kW; ALBANY, NY; Owner: KIMTRON, INC.)
- WTIC (1080 AM; 50 kW; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
- WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
- WKVT (1490 AM; 1 kW; BRATTLEBORO, VT; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
- WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
Strongest FM radio stations in Halifax:
- WRSY (101.5 FM; MARLBORO, VT; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, L.L.C.)
- WVAY (100.7 FM; WILMINGTON, VT; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, L.L.C.)
- WPVQ (95.3 FM; GREENFIELD, MA; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, L.L.C.)
- WKVT-FM (92.7 FM; BRATTLEBORO, VT; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
- WAMC-FM (90.3 FM; ALBANY, NY; Owner: WAMC)
- WEQX (102.7 FM; MANCHESTER, VT; Owner: NORTHSHIRE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- WJAN (95.1 FM; SUNDERLAND, VT; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
- WCMK (91.9 FM; PUTNEY, VT; Owner: CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES INC)
- WYRY (104.9 FM; HINSDALE, NH; Owner: TRI-VALLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
- WKNE (103.7 FM; KEENE, NH; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
- WHAI (98.3 FM; GREENFIELD, MA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
- WHDQ (106.1 FM; CLAREMONT, NH; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, L.L.C.)
- WOQL (98.7 FM; WINCHESTER, NH; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW HAMPSHIRE, LLC)
- WVPR (89.5 FM; WINDSOR, VT; Owner: VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO)
- WEVN (90.7 FM; KEENE, NH; Owner: NEW HAMPSHIRE PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
- WJJR (98.1 FM; RUTLAND, VT; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
- WZRT (97.1 FM; RUTLAND, VT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
- WMNB (100.1 FM; NORTH ADAMS, MA; Owner: BERKSHIRE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
- WEBK (105.3 FM; KILLINGTON, VT; Owner: 6 JOHNSON ROAD LICENSES, INC.)
- WZEC (97.5 FM; HOOSICK FALLS, NY; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN RADIO, LLC)
TV broadcast stations around Halifax:
- WEKW-TV (Channel 52; KEENE, NH; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE)
- W35BK (Channel 35; PLAINFIELD, MA; Owner: LYDIA SYLVANE STOCKWELL)
Halifax fatal accident list:
Apr 8, 2018 07:01 PM, Sr-112, Lat: 42.761783, Lon: -72.775292, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1, Drunk persons involved: 1
Apr 8, 1988 87:99 PM, 112, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 2, Drunk persons involved: 1
Jan 11, 1983 11:45 AM, Vt112, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunk persons involved: 1
Aug 18, 1983 00:30 AM, Vt112, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunk persons involved: 1
Feb 3, 1980 07:00 PM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunk persons involved: 1
- National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
- 19Number of bridges
- 98ft / 29.5mTotal length
- $5,340,000Total costs
- 6,445Total average daily traffic
- 436Total average daily truck traffic
- 6,771Total future (year 2026) average daily traffic
- New bridges - historical statistics
- 11910-1919
- 11920-1929
- 21930-1939
- 11940-1949
- 11950-1959
- 21960-1969
- 11970-1979
- 21980-1989
- 21990-1999
- 12000-2009
- 52010-2019
FCC Registered Microwave Towers:
1- Halifax-02, 72 Old County Road (Lat: 42.770389 Lon: -72.743361), Type: Pole, Structure height: 27.4 m, Call Sign: WQVY490,
Assigned Frequencies: 10895.0 MHz, 10935.0 MHz, 10895.0 MHz, 10935.0 MHz, 10895.0 MHz, 10935.0 MHz, 10895.0 MHz, 10935.0 MHz, 10895.0 MHz, 10935.0 MHz... (+18 more), Grant Date: 06/15/2015, Expiration Date: 06/15/2025, Certifier: Fran Stocker, Registrant: Radyn, Inc, Silver Spring, MD 20914, Phone: (301) 493-5171, Fax: (301) 576-4553, Email:
FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses:
2- Call Sign: N2JFS, Licensee ID: L00334128, Grant Date: 10/17/2018, Expiration Date: 01/12/2029, Certifier: Hans L G Hammarquist, Registrant: Hans L G Hammarquist, 7968 Jacksonville Stage Rd, Halifax, VT 05358
- Call Sign: KB1OQH, Licensee ID: L01257593, Grant Date: 04/06/2017, Expiration Date: 04/06/2027, Certifier: Paul G Blais, Registrant: Paul G Blais, Po Box 67, Halifax, VT 05358
- 52.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 37.1%Wood
- 8.4%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.5%Electricity
- 40.0%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 27.5%Wood
- 17.5%Electricity
- 15.0%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
Halifax compared to Vermont state average:
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state average.
- Number of rooms per house significantly below state average.
- House age significantly below state average.
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Total of 2 patent applications in 2008-2024.