Washington County, Vermont (VT)

Races in Washington County, Vermont:

Mean price in 2016:

Detached houses: $285,507

Here:	$285,507
State:	$268,105

Townhouses or other attached units: $200,511

Here:	$200,511
State:	$243,417

In 2-unit structures: $271,369

Here:	$271,369
State:	$233,574

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $204,719

Here:	$204,719
State:	$236,581

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $155,970

Here:	$155,970
State:	$218,930

Mobile homes: $85,164

Here:	$85,164
State:	$79,494

Crime in 2005 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 0
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 0
• Auto thefts: 0

Crime in 2004 (reported by the sheriff's office or county police, not the county total):

• Murders: 0
• Rapes: 0
• Robberies: 0
• Assaults: 1
• Burglaries: 0
• Thefts: 1
• Auto thefts: 0

Health of residents in Washington County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2016: $4,409 (2.0%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2016: $4,209 (2.0%)

Area name: Washington County, VT
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Washington County is $547 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $684 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $924 a month.

Cities in this county include: Barre, Montpelier, Northfield, Berlin, East Montpelier, Graniteville-East Barre, Middlesex, Waterbury, Warren, Waitsfield.

Neighboring counties: Knox County, Maine , Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota , Monroe County, Wisconsin , Washington County, New York , Spink County, South Dakota , Sheboygan County, Wisconsin , Oscoda County, Michigan .

Current college students: 3,593
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 93.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 40.7%

Number of foreign born residents: 2,161 (64.8% naturalized citizens)

Note: State values scaled to Washington County population

• 1612010 or later
• 4892000 to 2009
• 4181990 to 1999
• 2751980 to 1989
• 2161970 to 1979
• 916Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute): 21.8 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 82.1%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 19,915
• One, attached: 1,647
• Two: 1,630
• 3 or 4: 2,201
• 5 to 9: 1,888
• 10 to 19: 680
• 20 to 49: 654
• 50 or more: 456
• Mobile homes: 1,405
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 1

Housing units in Washington County with a mortgage: 11,417 (211 second mortgage, 2,014 home equity loan, 58 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 6,150

Religion statistics for Washington County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Washington County:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Vermont Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: December 09, 2014 to December 13, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4207: February 03, 2015, FEMA Id: 4207, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Vermont Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2014 to April 18, 2014, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4178: June 11, 2014, FEMA Id: 4178, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Vermont Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: June 25, 2013 to July 11, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4140: August 02, 2013, FEMA Id: 4140, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Vermont Tropical Storm Irene, Incident Period: August 27, 2011 to September 02, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4022: September 01, 2011, FEMA Id: 4022, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Vermont Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 02, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3338: August 29, 2011, FEMA Id: 3338, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Vermont Severe Storms And Flooding, Incident Period: May 26, 2011 to May 27, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4001: July 08, 2011, FEMA Id: 4001, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Vermont Severe Storms And Flooding, Incident Period: May 20, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4043: November 08, 2011, FEMA Id: 4043, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Vermont Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 23, 2011 to May 09, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1995: June 15, 2011, FEMA Id: 1995, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Vermont Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 21, 2008 to August 12, 2008, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1790: September 12, 2008, FEMA Id: 1790, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Vermont Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: July 09, 2007 to July 11, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1715: August 03, 2007, FEMA Id: 1715, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

5.69% of this county's 2011 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2010 ($37,759 average adjusted gross income)

0.06% of residents moved from foreign countries ($440 average AGI)

Washington County:	0.06%
Vermont average:	0.04%

2.80% relocated from other counties in Vermont ($17,670 average AGI)
2.83% relocated from other states ($19,650 average AGI)

Washington County:	2.83%
Vermont average:	3.28%

from Chittenden County, VT	0.91% ($42,382 average AGI)
from Orange County, VT	0.63% ($28,267)
from Lamoille County, VT	0.36% ($41,957)
from Caledonia County, VT	0.21% ($27,444)
from Windsor County, VT	0.16% ($43,238)
from Rutland County, VT	0.13% ($32,091)
from Orleans County, VT	0.12% ($26,733)

5.88% of this county's 2010 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2011 ($38,137 average adjusted gross income)

0.10% of residents moved to foreign countries ($508 average AGI)

Washington County:	0.10%
Vermont average:	0.06%

2.92% relocated to other counties in Vermont ($19,451 average AGI)
2.85% relocated to other states ($18,178 average AGI)

Washington County:	2.85%
Vermont average:	3.57%

to Chittenden County, VT	1.03% ($43,814 average AGI)
to Orange County, VT	0.67% ($29,382)
to Lamoille County, VT	0.31% ($61,722)
to Caledonia County, VT	0.21% ($37,611)
to Windsor County, VT	0.15% ($34,000)
to Addison County, VT	0.14% ($26,528)
to Franklin County, VT	0.11% ($33,897)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 11.9
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 10.3

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.8
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2006: 8.2
Deaths per 1000 population from 2007 to 2014: 8.7

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 11.2
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 5.4

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Washington County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 10%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%

Household type by relationship:

• In family households: 44,565 (7,170 male householders, 7,664 female householders)

  11,272 spouses, 14,271 children (13,341 natural, 393 adopted, 496 stepchildren), 867 grandchildren, 231 brothers or sisters, 529 parents, 647 other relatives, 1,888 non-relatives

• In nonfamily households: 11,969 (4,114 male householders (3,185 living alone)), 5,402 female householders (4,462 living alone)), 2,460 nonrelatives
• In group quarters: 2,266

Size of family households: 7,416 2-persons, 3,276 3-persons, 2,826 4-persons, 907 5-persons, 248 6-persons, 147 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,649 1-person, 1,593 2-persons, 260 3-persons, 12 4-persons, 15 5-persons.

6,467 married couples with children.
3,746 single-parent households (987 men, 2,759 women).

95.6% of residents of Washington speak English at home.
0.7% of residents speak Spanish at home (96% speak English very well, 4% speak English not well).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (77% speak English very well, 17% speak English well, 6% speak English not well).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (86% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 2% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $615,214,000 ($10,415 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $21,329,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $148,828,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $64,025,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $1,207,000
Federal grants: $363,420,000
Federal procurement contracts: $10,994,000 ($5,507,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $26,741,000 ($7,462,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $1,890,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $31,109,000
Federal Government insurance: $99,994,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 6.14 millions of gallons per day (35% from ground, 65% from surface)

Note: State values scaled to Washington County population

• 1902014 or later
• 8932010 to 2013
• 3,0912000 to 2009
• 2,5071990 to 1999
• 4,0581980 to 1989
• 5,6021970 to 1979
• 2,8601960 to 1969
• 2,0551950 to 1959
• 7931940 to 1949
• 8,2731939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Washington County, Vermont

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Washington County population

• 881 room
• 1302 rooms
• 3193 rooms
• 1,6064 rooms
• 2,8305 rooms
• 4,1716 rooms
• 3,1667 rooms
• 2,0618 rooms
• 3,1759+ rooms

Note: State values scaled to Washington County population

• 6461 room
• 6982 rooms
• 1,2713 rooms
• 1,5844 rooms
• 1,0245 rooms
• 7626 rooms
• 4217 rooms
• 2258 rooms
• 1319+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Washington County, Vermont

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Washington County population

• 95no bedroom
• 5261 bedroom
• 3,8862 bedrooms
• 8,4393 bedrooms
• 3,8354 bedrooms
• 7905+ bedrooms

Note: State values scaled to Washington County population

• 753no bedroom
• 2,1211 bedroom
• 2,2502 bedrooms
• 1,4913 bedrooms
• 1774 bedrooms
• 455+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Washington County, Vermont in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

Note: State values scaled to Washington County population

• 420no vehicle
• 5,1441 vehicle
• 8,2352 vehicles
• 2,8083 vehicles
• 7774 vehicles
• 1775+ vehicles

Note: State values scaled to Washington County population

• 1,407no vehicle
• 3,5941 vehicle
• 1,5132 vehicles
• 2563 vehicles
• 314 vehicles
• 245+ vehicles

88.0% of Washington County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 37% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in Vermont.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 31,458
• Other state: 24,450
• Northeast: 16,985
• Midwest: 3,016
• South: 2,720
• West: 1,733

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,368
• Number of aged recipients: 88
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,280
• Number of recipients under 18: 193
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 947
• Number of recipients older than 64: 228
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 602
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 614

Washington County on our top lists:

• #31 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest average weight of females"
• #38 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #48 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #53 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #58 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #76 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"