Estimated median household income in 2009: $90,107
| This zip code: | $90,107 | | Vermont: | $51,618 |
Nearest zip codes: 03755, 05088, 03784, 03750, 05043, 05075.
Percentage of family households:
| This zip code: | 69.3% | | Whole state: | 65.6% |
Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
| This zip code: | 4.5% | | Whole state: | 7.5% |
Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
- Lesbian couples: 0.8% of all households
- Gay men: 0.4% of all households
Housing units in zip code 05055 with a mortgage: 445 (38 second mortgage, 85 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 190
Median monthly owner costs for units with a mortgage: $2,322
Median monthly owner costs for units without a mortgage: $1,025
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2009:
| This zip code: | 4.7% | | Whole state: | 11.4% |
Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2009:
| This zip code: | 2.6% | | Whole state: | 4.9% |
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Median number of rooms in apartments:
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Notable locations in this zip code not listed on our city pages:
Notable locations in zip code 05055: Happy Hill Cabin (A), Newton Cabin (B), Montshire Museum (C), Norwich Historical Society Building (D). Display/hide their locations on the map
Churches in zip code 05055 include: Norwich Congregational Church (A), Saint Barnabas Church (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Cemeteries: New Boston Cemetery (1), Community Cemetery (2), Parkhurst Cemetery (3), Hillside Cemetery (4), Union Village Cemetery (5), Fairview Cemetery (6). Display/hide their locations on the map
Lakes: Lewin Pond (A), Lily Pond (B). Display/hide their locations on the map
Streams, rivers, and creeks: Ompompanoosuc River (A), New Boston Brook (B), Bragg Brook (C). Display/hide their locations on the map
Parks in zip code 05055 include: Norwich Village Historic District (1), Norwich Green (2). Display/hide their locations on the map
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Year house built
- 2005 or later: 12
- 2000 to 2004: 79
- 1990 to 1999: 177
- 1980 to 1989: 320
- 1970 to 1979: 147
- 1960 to 1969: 200
- 1950 to 1959: 110
- 1940 to 1949: 83
- 1939 or earlier: 434

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Norwich, VT (05055): |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 47
- 2 bedrooms: 98
- 3 bedrooms: 466
- 4 bedrooms: 285
- 5 or more bedrooms: 131
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Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments and housing units: |
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- no bedroom: 0
- 1 bedrooms: 145
- 2 bedrooms: 55
- 3 bedrooms: 99
- 4 bedrooms: 12
- 5 or more bedrooms: 12
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Vehicles available in 05055 zip code in owner-occupied houses/condos: |
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- no vehicle: 18
- 1 vehicle: 249
- 2 vehicles: 526
- 3 vehicles: 190
- 4 vehicles: 32
- 5 or more vehicles: 12
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Vehicles available in renter-occupied apartments: |
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- no vehicle: 35
- 1 vehicle: 177
- 2 vehicles: 86
- 3 vehicles: 19
- 4 vehicles: 6
- 5 or more vehicles: 0
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Estimated household income distribution in 2009:

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Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses/condos in 2009 in zip code 05055:
- $15,000 to $19,999: 5
- $20,000 to $24,999: 2
- $80,000 to $89,999: 2
- $90,000 to $99,999: 9
- $100,000 to $124,999: 21
- $125,000 to $149,999: 15
- $150,000 to $174,999: 14
- $175,000 to $199,999: 22
- $200,000 to $249,999: 81
- $250,000 to $299,999: 91
- $300,000 to $399,999: 154
- $400,000 to $499,999: 138
- $500,000 to $749,999: 254
- $750,000 to $999,999: 141
- $1,000,000 or more: 77
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Rent paid by renters in 2009 in zip code 05055:
- $250 to $299: 18
- $300 to $349: 9
- $400 to $449: 5
- $450 to $499: 10
- $500 to $549: 6
- $550 to $599: 12
- $600 to $649: 26
- $750 to $799: 1
- $800 to $899: 15
- $900 to $999: 26
- $1,000 to $1,249: 86
- $1,250 to $1,499: 43
- $1,500 to $1,999: 28
- $2,000 or more: 5
- No cash rent: 12
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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2009: $748,745.
Estimated median house (or condo) value in 2009 for:- White Non-Hispanic householders: $413,615
- Asian householders: $505,080
- Two or more races householders: $252,540
Estimated median house or condo value in 2009: $469,633 (it was $255,700 in 2000)
| 05055: | $469,633 | | Vermont: | $216,300 |
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $163,053 - $292,438
Mean price in 2009: Detached houses: $530,267| Here: | $530,267 | | State: | $267,295 |
Townhouses or other attached units: $201,098| Here: | $201,098 | | State: | $229,939 |
In 2-unit structures: $280,174| Here: | $280,174 | | State: | $226,755 |
In 3-to-4-unit structures: $308,769| Here: | $308,769 | | State: | $222,035 |
Mobile homes: $75,000| Here: | $75,000 | | State: | $47,932 |
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,279
- One, attached: 11
- Two: 94
- 3 or 4: 26
- 5 to 9: 18
- 10 to 19: 18
- 20 to 49: 6
- Mobile homes: 30
- Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

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Means of transportation to work
- Drove a car alone: 1,211 (71%)
- Carpooled: 241 (14%)
- Subway or elevated: 8 (0%)
- Taxi: 16 (1%)
- Bicycle: 11 (1%)
- Walked: 58 (3%)
- Worked at home: 171 (10%)
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Travel time to work
- Less than 5 minutes: 115
- 5 to 9 minutes: 172
- 10 to 14 minutes: 317
- 15 to 19 minutes: 331
- 20 to 24 minutes: 331
- 25 to 29 minutes: 94
- 30 to 34 minutes: 75
- 35 to 39 minutes: 0
- 40 to 44 minutes: 30
- 45 to 59 minutes: 32
- 60 to 89 minutes: 17
- 90 or more minutes: 31
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Percentage of zip code residents living and working in this county: 40.2%
Household type by relationship:
Households: 3,477
- In family households: 2,971 (670 male householders, 272 female householders)
849 spouses, 1,113 children (1,056 natural, 43 adopted, 14 stepchildren), 15 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 23 other relatives, 29 non-relatives
- In nonfamily households: 506 (130 male householders (93 living alone)), 276 female householders (235 living alone)), 100 nonrelatives
Size of family households: 361 2-persons, 222 3-persons, 240 4-persons, 93 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 6 7-or-more-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 328 1-person, 59 2-persons, 13 3-persons, 6 4-persons.
824 married couples with children.
173 single-parent households (43 men, 130 women).
91.1% of residents of 05055 zip code speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (39% very well, 39% well, 22% not well).
7.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (98% very well, 2% not well).
0.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% well, 50% not well).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (59% not well, 41% not at all).
Foreign born population: 217 (6.2%)
(64.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
| This zip code: | 6.2% | | Whole state: | 3.8% |
Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
- United Kingdom (13%)
- Other Eastern Africa (12%)
- France (9%)
- Russia (9%)
- Poland (8%)
- Germany (8%)
- Canada (8%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population
- 1995 to March 2000: 33
- 1990 to 1994: 30
- 1985 to 1989: 5
- 1980 to 1984: 21
- 1975 to 1979: 13
- 1970 to 1974: 6
- 1970 to 1974: 27
- 1965 to 1969: 82
Races in zip code 05055:
White population: 3,333
Black population: 0
American Indian population: 10
Asian population: 115
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander population: 0
Some other race population: 0
Two or more races population: 16
Hispanic or Latino population: 0
First ancestries reported:
|  English: 638 |
|  Irish: 354 |
|  German: 338 |
|  Other groups: 211 |
|  Scottish: 162 |
|  Polish: 126 |
|  Italian: 123 |
|  Russian: 117 |
|  United States or American: 107 |
|  British: 101 |
|  French Canadian: 92 |
|  French (except Basque): 88 |
|  Norwegian: 58 |
|  Swedish: 53 |
|  Scotch-Irish: 47 |
|  Hungarian: 32 |
|  European: 30 |
|  Danish: 26 |
|  Dutch: 23 |
|  Austrian: 22 |
|  Eastern European: 19 |
|  Northern European: 19 |
|  Greek: 16 |
|  Czechoslovakian: 13 |
|  Swiss: 12 |
|  Ukrainian: 12 |
|  West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 12 |
|  Jamaican: 12 |
|  Canadian: 8 |
|  Estonian: 8 |
|  Israeli: 7 |
|  Romanian: 7 |
|  Welsh: 7 |
|  Finnish: 5 |
|  Subsaharan African:: 5 |
|  Ethiopian: 5 |
|  Belgian: 5 |

Facilities with environmental interests located in this zip code:
- MARION W. CROSS SCHOOL (CHURCH STREET in NORWICH, VT)
(Geographic Names Information System)
COMPLIANCE ACTIVITY (Tracking inspections of insecticide, fungicide, and rodenticide, and toxic substances)
(National Center for Education Statistics) - STATE ID-PS176
Organizations: NORWICH (SCHOOL DISTRICT)
Alternative names: MARION CROSS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- CAR STORE INC THE (63 RTE 5 SOUTH in NORWICH, VT)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business NAICS classification: GENERAL AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR.
Organizations: CHARLES FFOLLIOTT (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
, JIM SOUTHWORTH (CONTACT/OWNER)
- ENERTECH CORP (RIVER RD in NORWICH, VT)
(Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Business NAICS classification: MOTOR AND GENERATOR MANUFACTURING.
Organizations: OWNERNAME (CONTACT/OWNER)
- SUBURBAN HEATING OIL PARTNERS LLC (CHURCH ST in NORWICH, VT)
Small Quantity Generators, between 100 kg and 1000 kg of hazardous waste/month (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Business NAICS classification: HEATING OIL DEALERS.
Organizations: AGWAY PETROLEUM CORP (CONTACT/OWNER)
Alternative names: AGWAY ENERGY PRODUCTS
- DR TOBY KRAVITZ DDS (303 SOUTH US RTE 5 STE 4 in NORWICH, VT)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: DR TOBE KRAVITZ DDS (CONTACT/OWNER)
- MONTSHIRE MUSEUM OF SCIENCE (1 MONTSHIRE ROAD in NORWICH, VT)
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System NON-MAJOR (Tracking pollutant discharge elimination systems) - permit
- NORWICH TOWN HWY GARAGE (29 NEW BOSTON RD in NORWICH, VT)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: TOWN OF NORWICH (CONTACT/OPERATOR)
- BRADFORD OIL CO DAN & WHITS (319 MAIN ST in NORWICH, VT)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
- DR STEVEN BACHNER DDS (54 PALMER COURT in NORWICH, VT)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
- NORWICH TRANSFER STA (NEW BOSTON RD in NORWICH, VT)
USED OIL PROGRAM (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste))
Organizations: NORWICH FIRE DISTRICT (CONTACT/OWNER)
- POMPY FARMS CRUSTED STONE (RTE 5 N in NORWICH, VT)
Conditionally Exempt Small Quantity Generators, less than 100 kg/month of hazardous waste (Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (tracking hazardous waste)) - notification
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%
Most commonly used house heating fuel:
- Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (64%)
- Bottled, tank, or LP gas (20%)
- Wood (10%)
- Electricity (4%)
- Utility gas (1%)
- Other fuel (1%)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 306
- Northeast: 2080
- Midwest: 383
- South: 250
- West: 176
62% of the 05055 zip code residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 34% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 12% lived in Vermont.
Population in 1990: 2,969. Population change in the 1990s: +531 (+17.9%).
Year Householders Moved Into Unit:
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 36
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 37
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 45
Educational Attainment (%)
School Enrollment by Level of School (%)
Companies with federal contracts located in this zip code:
- MICHAEL J. TSAPAKOS, M. D., P. (49 CLIFF STREET in NORWICH, MD; small business)
$199,326 with Army for Radiology Services. Taking place in DC. Signed on 2000-06-01. Completion date: 2000-06-14.
- TURBO SOLUTIONS ENGINEERING LL (16 BEAVER MEADOW RD in NORWICH, VT; small business)
$99,823 with Air Force for Defense Missile and Space Systems -- Applied Research and Exploratory Development (R&D). Signed on 2005-05-05. Completion date: 2006-02-06.
- KING ARTHUR FLOUR CO INC, THE (135 US ROUTE 5 S in NORWICH, VT; small business)
$557 with Defense Commissary Agency for Food Items For Resale. Signed on 2005-10-01. Completion date: 2005-12-31.
Top industries in this zip code by the number of employees in 2005:
- Accommodation and Food Services: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels (50-99 employees: 1 establishment, 20-49 employees: 1 establishment)
- Health Care and Social Assistance: Continuing Care Retirement Communities (50-99: 1)
- Construction: Residential Remodelers (20-49: 1, 10-19: 1, 1-4: 3)
- Wholesale Trade: Other Grocery and Related Products Merchant Wholesalers (20-49: 1, 5-9: 1)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (20-49: 1)
- Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation: Museums (20-49: 1)
- Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services: Offices of Lawyers (5-9: 3, 1-4: 4)
Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)
Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)
Fatal accident statistics in 2006:
- Fatal accident count: 2
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 2
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 2
- Fatalities: 2
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 2
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 0
Fatal accident statistics in 2005:
- Fatal accident count: 2
- Vehicles involved in fatal accidents: 3
- Fatal accidents caused by drunken drivers: 1
- Fatalities: 2
- Persons involved in fatal accidents: 5
- Pedestrians involved in fatal accidents: 1
| Most popular first names in zip code 05055 among deceased individuals |
| Name | Count | Lived (average) |
| John | 15 | 72.7 years |
| Ruth | 15 | 80.7 years |
| Robert | 14 | 78.8 years |
| William | 13 | 80.6 years |
| Richard | 13 | 74.5 years |
| Elizabeth | 12 | 87.4 years |
| Helen | 12 | 83.8 years |
| Mary | 11 | 87.9 years |
| George | 11 | 69.9 years |
| James | 10 | 72.2 years |
| Most popular last names in zip code 05055 among deceased individuals |
| Last name | Count | Lived (average) |
| Cook | 10 | 81.3 years |
| Fitzgerald | 8 | 86.7 years |
| Johnson | 7 | 81.1 years |
| Hill | 6 | 76.1 years |
| Parker | 5 | 82.2 years |
| Cossingham | 5 | 83.0 years |
| Brown | 5 | 85.6 years |
| Gray | 5 | 73.6 years |
| Somerville | 5 | 60.0 years |
| Fraser | 5 | 79.2 years |
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