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Colchester town, Chittenden County, VT

17,648 Population
36.3 square miles 486.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.3 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Chittenden County: 37.3 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,762 ±$3,454 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chittenden County: $52,322 ±$1,207
  • about the same as the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$97,891 ±$8,720 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Chittenden County: $96,759 ±$3,007
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7% ±1.9% (1,133  ±305) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chittenden County: 9.7% 15,531 (±0.8% / ±1,261)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.9 minutes ±0.7 (153,575  ±13,903) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Chittenden County: 21.1 1,618,615 (±0.4 / ±44,636)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

7,092 ±327 Number of households
  • Chittenden County: 71,456 ±541
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (16,201  ±54) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Chittenden County: 2.2 159,028 (±0 / ±190)
  • about the same as the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.5% ±1.8% (101  ±73) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chittenden County: 3.3% † 1,465 (±0.7% / ±316)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

7,853 ±386 Number of housing units
  • Chittenden County: 74,888 ±117
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$394,400 ±$24,630 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Chittenden County: $439,200 ±$7,510
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.4% ±2.8% (2,000  ±482.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Chittenden County: 17.5% 29,475 (±1.2% / ±2,091.2)
  • a little less than the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.3% ±5.9% (11,399  ±806.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Chittenden County: 96.1% 110,371 (±2.2% / ±2,563.8)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40.8% ±4% (4,830  ±507.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Chittenden County: 56.8% 65,187 (±1.7% / ±1,910.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7% ±1.9% (1,234  ±335) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Chittenden County: 7.9% 13,358
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±1.2% (660  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Chittenden County: 4.5% 6,284 (±0.4% / ±545)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
660 Total veterans ±177 592 Male ±164 68 Female ±59

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