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Swanton town, Franklin County, VT

6,820 Population
48.2 square miles 141.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.7 ±5.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Franklin County: 40.8 ±0.3
  • about the same as the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2

Economics

$38,928 ±$5,979 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Franklin County: $40,206 ±$1,533
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
$81,371 ±$13,820 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Franklin County: $81,313 ±$4,757
  • about the same as the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339

13% ±5.9% (888  ±405) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 10.3% † 5,142 (±1.5% / ±754)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)

23.4 minutes ±2.2 (72,875  ±11,774) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Franklin County: 27.1 585,890 (±1.3 / ±37,244)
  • about the same as the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)

Families

2,610 ±170 Number of households
  • Franklin County: 19,963 ±397
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
2.6 ±0.2 (6,820  ±19) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Franklin County: 2.5 50,082 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189

8.3% ±6.4% (123  ±97) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 4.9% † 542 (±1.3% / ±147)
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)

Housing

2,971 ±217 Number of housing units
  • Franklin County: 23,019 ±59
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187

$285,100 ±$35,075 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Franklin County: $306,700 ±$9,604
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361

8.7% ±4.4% (583  ±297.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Franklin County: 9.8% † 4,927 (±1.4% / ±719.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)

Social

92% ±7.5% (4,603  ±435.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Franklin County: 93.4% 33,772 (±3.2% / ±1,145.9)
  • a little less than the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
23.3% ±4.5% (1,167  ±233.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Franklin County: 30.2% 10,921 (±1.9% / ±700.2)
  • about half the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)

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

3.2% ±1.5% (217  ±100) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Franklin County: 2.2% 1,091
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669

7.8% ±2.6% (416  ±142) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Franklin County: 6.9% † 2,719 (±0.8% / ±313)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
416 Total veterans ±142 400 Male ±135 16 Female ±26

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