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Johnson, VT

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Overview


Johnson is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 3,444 people and just one neighborhood, Johnson is the 65th largest community in Vermont.

Occupations and Workforce

Johnson is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Johnson is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Johnson who work in office and administrative support (16.48%), food service (11.89%), and management occupations (9.79%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Johnson is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The education level of Johnson citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.34% of adults in Johnson have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Johnson in 2018 was $25,804, which is low income relative to Vermont, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $103,216 for a family of four. However, Johnson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Johnson is English. Other important languages spoken here include German/Yiddish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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People

An extraordinary 22.4% of the residents of the neighborhood are currently enrolled in college. This is such a large part of life in this neighborhood that the neighborhood changes a great deal with the change of semesters and is far quieter during the summer when many students are away.

In addition, the neighborhood stands out within Vermont for its college student friendly environment. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals that this neighborhood is home to a number of college students, is relatively walkable, and above average in safety. In combination, this makes it stand out for a good place for college students to consider. Because a number of college students live here, this neighborhood may be close to a college campus and offer certain amenities nearby geared towards the student body. While it's not an environment for everyone, ambitious scholars can enjoy seasonal excitement between semesters and school breaks, and parents can rest easy knowing that the area has an above average safety rating. For each of these reasons, the neighborhood is rated among the top 8.8% of college-friendly places to live in VT.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more British and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.1% of this neighborhood's residents have British ancestry and 5.7% have French Canadian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 2.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak German/Yiddish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 97.2% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

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The neighbors in the neighborhood in Johnson are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 77.2% of U.S. neighborhoods. In addition, 4.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 66.8% of America's neighborhoods.

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In the neighborhood, 31.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (20.4%), and 20.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.3% of households. Some people also speak German/Yiddish (2.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Johnson, VT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (19.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.4%), and residents who report German roots (12.0%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (11.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (6.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.3% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (65.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (19.2%) and 9.2% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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