About Pownal

Pownal is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 3,512 people and just one neighborhood, Pownal is the 42nd largest community in Vermont.

Unlike some towns, Pownal isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pownal are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pownal is a town of sales and office workers, service providers and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Pownal who work in sales jobs (10.38%), office and administrative support (10.23%) and management occupations (8.56%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.60% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Pownal has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Pownal a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

As is often the case in a small town, Pownal doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Pownal Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Pownal is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.18% of adults 25 and older in Pownal have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Pownal in 2010 was $24,881, which is lower middle income relative to Vermont, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $99,524 for a family of four. However, Pownal contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Pownal home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pownal residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Pownal include German, English, Irish, French, Italian and French Canadian.

The most common language spoken in Pownal is English. Some people also speak German.

Pownal, VT Appreciation Rates Help

PERIOD	TOTAL APPRECIATION	AVG. ANNUAL RATE	COMPARED TO VT*	COMPARED TO AMERICA*
SINCE 1990	72.32%	2.39%	1	3
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				* 10 is highest

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