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Wells town, Rutland County, VT

1,148 Population
22.3 square miles 51.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.7 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Rutland County: 47.7 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 43.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$45,892 ±$7,335 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rutland County: $40,823 ±$1,339
  • about the same as the amount in Vermont: $46,500 ±$569
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$75,417 ±$11,001 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Rutland County: $68,616 ±$2,664
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Vermont: $81,203 ±$1,339
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.5% ±6.1% (177  ±79) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Rutland County: 11.8% 6,901 (±1.1% / ±652)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Vermont: 10.1% 62,749 (±0.4% / ±2,532)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

47.5 minutes ±16.6 (22,710  ±10,609) Mean travel time to work
  • more than double the figure in Rutland County: 23 577,940 (±1 / ±30,189)
  • about double the figure in Vermont: 23.5 6,490,700 (±0.2 / ±79,250)
  • nearly double the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

467 ±97 Number of households
  • Rutland County: 25,321 ±412
  • Vermont: 273,416 ±1,473
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (1,148  ±246) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Rutland County: 2.3 58,383 (±0 / ±113)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Vermont: 2.3 622,189
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10% ±11% (23  ±27) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Rutland County: 3.9% † 466 (±1.2% / ±147)
  • more than double the rate in Vermont: 3.9% † 5,523 (±0.4% / ±563)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

865 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Rutland County: 33,991 ±74
  • Vermont: 339,042 ±187
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$243,000 ±$42,024 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Rutland County: $229,400 ±$6,674
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Vermont: $316,600 ±$3,361
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.8% ±3.1% (32  ±35.5) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Rutland County: 8.3% † 4,946 (±1.1% / ±648.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Vermont: 11.8% 75,586 (±0.5% / ±2,905.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±24.2% (852  ±123) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Rutland County: 94.2% 42,466 (±2.7% / ±1,221.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 94.9% 442,737 (±0.9% / ±4,193.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.7% ±3.6% (266  ±64.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rutland County: 35.3% 15,898 (±1.7% / ±750.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Vermont: 43.8% 204,241 (±0.6% / ±2,829)
  • about 80 percent of 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

2.5% ±2.7% (29  ±32) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Rutland County: 2.2% 1,335
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Vermont: 4.3% 27,669
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.1% ±1.9% (59  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Rutland County: 7.6% † 3,801 (±0.8% / ±387)
  • about the same as the rate in Vermont: 6.2% 32,714 (±0.2% / ±1,174)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
59 Total veterans ±22 51 Male ±20 8 Female ±9

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