About Jericho

Jericho is a somewhat small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 5,015 people and just one neighborhood, Jericho is the 40th largest community in Vermont.

Jericho is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Jericho is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Jericho who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.21%), management occupations (11.56%), and sales jobs (10.41%).

Also of interest is that Jericho has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Jericho is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Jericho is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Jericho a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Jericho has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Jericho's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Jericho is a very car-oriented town. 98.34% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Jericho is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Jericho has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Despite being a small town, Jericho has a lot of people using taxis to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on taxis are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Jericho Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Jericho, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Jericho is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 47.05% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Jericho in 2000 was $24,941, which is wealthy relative to Vermont, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,764 for a family of four. However, Jericho contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Jericho home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Jericho is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Jericho include French Canadian, English, Irish, French, German, Italian, Scottish, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Jericho is English.