Lunenburg, Vermont

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Lunenburg: Next to the Connecticut River on west bound Route 2 over-looking cornfield and the local foothills

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Population in July 2008: 1,285. Population change since 2000: -3.2%

Males: 652	(50.8%)
Females: 633	(49.2%)

Median resident age:	37.3 years
Vermont median age:	37.7 years

Zip codes: 05906.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $36,278 (it was $28,802 in 2000)

Lunenburg:	$36,278
Vermont:	$49,907

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $16,937

Lunenburg:	$16,937
Vermont:	$26,735

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $120,620 (it was $65,100 in 2000)

Lunenburg:	$120,620
Vermont:	$205,400

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $140,705; Detached houses: $147,745; Townhouses or other attached units: $107,272; In 2-unit structures: $124,265; In 3-to-4-unit structures: $99,591; Mobile homes: $64,375

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Races in Lunenburg:

White Non-Hispanic (97.4%)
American Indian (1.6%)
Two or more races (1.4%)

2008 cost of living index in Lunenburg: 88.5 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: English (37.1%), French (28.8%), Irish (16.5%), German (7.0%), Scottish (4.7%), Italian (3.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 1202 feet

Land area: 45.1 square miles.

Population density: 29 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Lunenburg

High school or higher: 74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.4%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
Unemployed: 7.3%
Mean travel time to work: 24.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Lunenburg town

Never married: 21.4%
Now married: 59.3%
Separated: 1.4%
Widowed: 7.9%
Divorced: 10.0%

38 residents are foreign born (1.3% North America, 0.7% Europe, 0.7% Asia).

This town:	2.9%
Vermont:	3.8%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this town in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Lunenburg:	1.6% ($1,058)
Vermont:	2.0% ($2,196)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Portland, ME (89.7 miles , pop. 64,249).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Boston, MA (151.5 miles , pop. 589,141).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (274.0 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Dalton, NH (2.1 miles ), Lancaster, NH (2.4 miles ), Guildhall, VT (2.6 miles ), Lancaster, NH (2.6 miles ), Whitefield, NH (2.7 miles ), Victory, VT (2.9 miles) , Concord, VT (2.9 miles ).

Latitude: 44.47 N, Longitude: 71.69 W

Area code: 802

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Population change in the 1990s: +151 (+12.8%).

Unemployment in May 2009:

Here:	6.4%
Vermont:	7.1%

Unemployment by year (%)

Most common industries for males (%):

Paper (13%)
Construction (12%)
Metal and metal products (9%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
Public administration (5%)
Electrical equipment, appliances, and components (4%)
Printing and related support activities (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (18%)
Educational services (16%)
Social assistance (6%)
Accommodation and food services (4%)
Metal and metal products (4%)
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (4%)
Public administration (4%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Metal workers and plastic workers (13%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (10%)
Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (6%)
Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (5%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)
Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (3%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (7%)
Other production occupations including supervisors (7%)
Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
Child care workers (5%)
Registered nurses (4%)
Cashiers (4%)

Average climate in Lunenburg, Vermont

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Lunenburg, Vermont average precipitation

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Lunenburg-area historical tornado activity is slightly below Vermont state average. It is 79% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/11/1966, a category 2 (max. wind speeds 113-157 mph) tornado 30.0 miles away from the Lunenburg town center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 5/19/1982, a category 1 (max. wind speeds 73-112 mph) tornado 17.8 miles away from the town center caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.

Lunenburg-area historical earthquake activity is slightly below Vermont state average. It is 84% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

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 67.1 miles away from Lunenburg center
On 6/16/1995 at 12:13:11, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, Depth: 3.1 mi, Class: Light, Intensity: II - III) earthquake occurred 16.9 miles away from the city center
On 8/21/1996 at 07:54:14, a magnitude 3.8 (3.8 LG, 3.6 LG, Depth: 6.2 mi) earthquake occurred 25.7 miles away from the city center
On 4/20/2002 at 11:04:42, a magnitude 4.1 (4.1 LG, 3.7 ML, Depth: 3.1 mi) earthquake occurred 98.9 miles away from Lunenburg center
On 1/17/2000 at 08:16:20, a magnitude 3.6 (3.6 LG, 3.4 LG, Depth: 10.1 mi) earthquake occurred 61.9 miles away from the city center
On 1/3/2000 at 21:05:50, a magnitude 3.5 (3.5 LG, 3.4 LG, Depth: 6.0 mi) earthquake occurred 75.8 miles away from Lunenburg center
Magnitude types: regional Lg-wave magnitude (LG), body-wave magnitude (MB), duration magnitude (MD), local magnitude (ML)

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Hospitals/medical centers near Lunenburg:

WEEKS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 7 miles; LANCASTER, NH)
LITTLETON REGIONAL HOSPITAL (about 12 miles; LITTLETON, NH)
NORTHEASTERN VERMONT REG HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; SAINT JOHNSBURY, VT)

Political contributions by individuals in Lunenburg, VT

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Lunenburg:

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (about 48 miles; HANOVER, NH; Full-time enrollment: 5,309)
PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE (about 50 miles; PLYMOUTH, NH; FT enrollment: 3,542)
NORWICH UNIVERSITY (about 54 miles; NORTHFIELD, VT; FT enrollment: 2,585)
UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLL (about 69 miles; BURLINGTON, VT; FT enrollment: 8,852)
SAINT MICHAELS COLLEGE (about 73 miles; COLCHESTER, VT; FT enrollment: 2,272)
SAINT JOSEPHS COLLEGE (about 75 miles; STANDISH, ME; FT enrollment: 2,376)
UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON (about 78 miles; FARMINGTON, ME; FT enrollment: 2,229)

Library in Lunenburg:

ALDEN BALCH MEMORIAL (Operating income: $19,047; Location: P.O. BOX 6, 24 E. MAIN ST.; 8,000 books; 115 audio materials; 69 video materials; 33 serial subscriptions)

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Notable locations in Lunenburg: Alden Balch Memorial Library (A), Gilman Public Library (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Clark Cemetery (1), Baptist Hill Cemetery (2), Powers Cemetery (3), Riverside Cemetery (4), Spaulding Cemetery (5), Stuart Cemetery (6), Lunenburg Corner Cemetery (7). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and swamps: Neal Pond (A), Hastings Swamp (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Hall Brook (A), Turner Brook (B), Neal Brook (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Drinking water stations with addresses in Lunenburg and their reported violations in the past:

LUNENBURG FD 1 (Population served: 320, Groundwater):

Past health violations:

Public Education - Between JAN-2006 and DEC-2025, Contaminant: Lead & Copper Rule. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (FEB-23-2006), St Formal NOV issued (FEB-23-2006)

Past monitoring violations:

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: TTHM. Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-26-2006), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-26-2006), St Public Notif received (JUN-30-2006)

Monitoring and Reporting Stage 1 - Between JAN-2005 and DEC-2005, Contaminant: Total Haloacetic Acids (HAA5). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (JUN-26-2006), St Formal NOV issued (JUN-26-2006), St Public Notif received (JUN-30-2006)

Notification, Public - In NOV-2000, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-27-2001), St Formal NOV issued (APR-27-2001), St Compliance achieved (SEP-17-2001), St Public Notif received (SEP-17-2001)

Notification, Public - In JUL-2000, Contaminant: Coliform (TCR). Follow-up actions: St Public Notif requested (APR-27-2001), St Formal NOV issued (APR-27-2001), St Compliance achieved (SEP-17-2001), St Public Notif received (SEP-17-2001)

CCR Complete Failure to Report - Between JUL-01-2000 and MAY-16-2002, Consumer Confidence Rule. Follow-up actions: St Formal NOV issued (DEC-24-2001), St Compliance achieved (MAY-16-2002)

10 routine major monitoring violations

4 regular monitoring violations

3 other older monitoring violations

Average household size:

This town:	2.5 people
Vermont:	2.4 people

Percentage of family households:

This town:	71.1%
Whole state:	65.6%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This town:	7.8%
Whole state:	7.5%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households
Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	12.6%
Whole state:	9.4%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This town:	2.9%
Whole state:	3.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Lunenburg, VT

10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

Lunenburg compared to Vermont state average:

Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
House age above state average.
Number of college students significantly below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.

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Educational Attainment

School Enrollment by Level of School

2004 Presidential Election results in Essex County Vermont:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (76%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (14%) Wood (9%) Electricity (1%)

Religion statistics for Lunenburg

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	United Methodist Church	Episcopal Church	Friends (Quakers)	Other religions
Adherents	63.7%	23.0%	7.3%	3.7%	2.3%
Congregations	21.4%	42.9%	14.3%	7.1%	14.3%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.

8.34% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($30,795 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	8.34%
Vermont average:	6.60%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from Caledonia County, VT	1.95% ($26,878 average AGI)
from Coos County, NH	1.79% ($31,533)
from Orleans County, VT	0.91% ($19,565)

9.53% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($22,778 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	9.53%
Vermont average:	6.82%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to Caledonia County, VT	2.00% ($22,078 average AGI)
to Coos County, NH	1.73% ($26,205)
to Orleans County, VT	1.02% ($16,692)

Strongest AM radio stations in Lunenburg:

WLTN (1400 AM; 1 kW; LITTLETON, NH; Owner: PROFILE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WTWN (1100 AM; daytime; 5 kW; WELLS RIVER, VT; Owner: PUFFER BROADCASTING, INC.)
WCHP (760 AM; 35 kW; CHAMPLAIN, NY; Owner: CHAMPLAIN RADIO, INC.)
WTME (780 AM; 10 kW; RUMFORD, ME; Owner: MOUNTAIN VALLEY BROADCASTING, INC.)
WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WSTJ (1340 AM; 1 kW; ST. JOHNSBURY, VT; Owner: VERMONT BROADCAST ASSOCIATES, INC.)
WDEV (550 AM; 5 kW; WATERBURY, VT; Owner: RADIO VERMONT, INC.)
WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
WGY (810 AM; 50 kW; SCHENECTADY, NY; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
WICY (1490 AM; 50 kW; MALONE, NY; Owner: CARTIER COMMUNICATIONS INC.)
WBZ (1030 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: INFINITY BROADCASTING OPERATIONS, INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Lunenburg:

WXXS (102.3 FM; LANCASTER, NH; Owner: BARRY P. LUNDERVILLE)
WGMT (97.7 FM; LYNDON, VT; Owner: VERMONT BROADCAST ASSOCIATES, INC.)
WMTK (106.3 FM; LITTLETON, NH; Owner: VERMONT BROADCAST ASSOCIATES, INC.)
WPKQ (103.7 FM; NORTH CONWAY, NH; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WHOM (94.9 FM; MT. WASHINGTON, NH; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
WCKJ (90.5 FM; ST. JOHNSBURY, VT; Owner: CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)
WKXH (105.5 FM; ST. JOHNSBURY, VT; Owner: VERMONT BROADCAST ASSOCIATES, INC.)
WVFM (105.7 FM; CAMPTON, NH; Owner: DEVON BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC.)
WDOT (95.7 FM; DANVILLE, VT; Owner: MONTPELIER BROADCASTING INC)
WLKC (103.3 FM; WATERBURY, VT; Owner: RADIO BROADCASTING SERVICES, INC.)
WVPS (107.9 FM; BURLINGTON, VT; Owner: VERMONT PUBLIC RADIO)
WEZF (92.9 FM; BURLINGTON, VT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
WCVT (101.7 FM; STOWE, VT; Owner: RADIO VERMONT CLASSICS, L.L.C.)
WLTN-FM (96.7 FM; LISBON, NH; Owner: PROFILE BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
WSCY (106.9 FM; MOULTONBOROUGH, NH; Owner: NORTHEAST COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION)
WNCS (104.7 FM; MONTPELIER, VT; Owner: MONTPELIER BROADCASTING, INC.)
WDEV-FM (96.1 FM; WARREN, VT; Owner: RADIO VERMONT, INC.)
WLOB-FM (96.3 FM; RUMFORD, ME; Owner: ATLANTIC COAST RADIO, LLC)
W243AE (96.5 FM; ORLEANS, VT; Owner: CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Lunenburg:

WLED-TV (Channel 49; LITTLETON, NH; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE)
WVTB (Channel 20; ST. JOHNSBURY, VT; Owner: VERMONT ETV, INC.)

Lunenburg, Vermont:

Fatal accident count: 14
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 19
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 6
Fatalities: 14
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 25
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1

Vermont average:

Fatal accident count: 46
Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 65
Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 20
Fatalities: 52
Persons involved in fatal accidents: 112
Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 2

See more detailed statistics of Lunenburg fatal car crashes and road traffic accidents for 1975 - 2008 here

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 2
Total length: 1 meters (3ft)
Total costs: $944,000
Total average daily traffic: 745
Total average daily truck traffic: 44
Total future (year 2015) average daily traffic: 1,117

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 2

Call Sign: KB1DZS, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 04/23/1999, Expiration Date: 04/23/2009
Registrant: Laura V Wright, 110 Thomas Rd, Lunenburg, VT 05906
Call Sign: N1YBV, Previous Call Sign:
Grant Date: 11/04/1996, Expiration Date: 11/04/2006, Cancelation Date: 11/05/2008
Registrant: Luke A Colby, Rr1 Box 71, Lunenburg, VT 05906

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 8
Hazardous Condition: 4

Incident types - Lunenburg

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