Clarendon is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 2,407 people and just one neighborhood, Clarendon is the 102nd largest community in Vermont.
Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Clarendon is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Clarendon is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Clarendon who work in office and administrative support (11.95%), teaching (11.77%), and sales jobs (10.48%).
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.16% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Clarendon has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Clarendon has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Clarendon than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Clarendon may be for you.
Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Clarendon spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.22 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.
Being a small town, Clarendon does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The overall education level of Clarendon is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 28.65% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Clarendon in 2022 was $36,864, which is lower middle income relative to Vermont, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,456 for a family of four. However, Clarendon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Clarendon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Clarendon residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Clarendon include Irish, English, French, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Clarendon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Tagalog.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Clarendon, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Belgian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.2% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 1.2% have Belgian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Clarendon are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 65.6% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 8.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 54.6% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 34.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 31.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (18.2%), and 15.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Tagalog (the first language of the Philippine region).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Clarendon, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (21.2%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.6%), and residents who report French roots (11.2%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (8.2%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (8.0%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.
Here most residents (82.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (7.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.