Perkinsville, VT

Census Place

2020 Population

117

US Senator

Bernie Sanders

Independent Party

US Senator

Peter Welch

Democratic Party

US Representative

Becca Balint

Democratic Party

2020 Median Age

55.8

3.14% 1-year increase

2020 Poverty Rate

0.87%

Economy

The economy of Perkinsville, VT employs 62 people. In 2020, the largest industries in Perkinsville, VT were Retail Trade (18 people), Educational Services (7 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (6 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($41,458), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($38,125), and Accommodation & Food Services ($11,250).

Employment

Occupations

2020 Value

± 67

67.6%

1 Year growth

± 111%

From 2019 to 2020, employment in Perkinsville, VT grew at a rate of 67.6%, from 37 employees to 62 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Perkinsville, VT, are Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance Occupations (10 people), Transportation Occupations (10 people), and Material Moving Occupations (8 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Perkinsville, VT.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Vermont.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Vermont (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

2020 Value

± 67

67.6%

1 Year growth

± 111%

From 2019 to 2020, employment in Perkinsville, VT grew at a rate of 67.6%, from 37 employees to 62 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Perkinsville, VT, are Retail Trade (18 people), Educational Services (7 people), and Other Services, Except Public Administration (6 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Perkinsville, VT, though some of these residents may live in Perkinsville, VT and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Vermont went to Kamala Harris with 63.8% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (32.3%), followed by Other (1.76%).

Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch are the senators currently representing the state of Vermont. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Perkinsville, VT is currently represented by Becca Balint in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Perkinsville, VT. Showing the available data for Vermont.

2024 Election Results

Kamala Harris (63.8%)
Democratic Party
Donald J. Trump (32.3%)
Republican Party
Other (1.76%)
Other Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Vermont went to Kamala Harris with 63.8% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (32.3%), followed by Other (1.76%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Vermont for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Vermont

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Vermont.

Bernie Sanders

Senator from Vermont

Assumed office on January 3, 2007
Angus King of Maine and Bernie Sanders of Vermont join meetings of the Senate Democratic Caucus.{{cite web |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2012/11/14/165149633/maine-independent-angus-king-to-caucus-with-senate-democrats |title=Maine Independent Angus King to Caucus with Senate Democrats |publisher=National Public Radio |first=Padmananda |last=Rama |date=November 14, 2012 |access-date=November 30, 2020 |quote=Angus King of Maine, who cruised to victory last week running as an independent, said Wednesday that he will caucus with Senate Democrats... The Senate's other independent, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, also caucuses with the Democrats.}}

Peter Welch

Senator from Vermont

Assumed office on January 3, 2023

Bernie Sanders and Peter Welch are the senators currently representing Vermont.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Vermont over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

US Representative Elections

US Representatives from Perkinsville, VT

Becca Balint

District at-large Representative

Democratic Party

Perkinsville, VT is currently represented by Becca Balint (Democratic Party).

Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the member for Perkinsville, VT have changed over time starting in 2008.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Perkinsville, VT was $164,100 in 2020, which is 0.493 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2019 and 2020 the median property value increased from $131,300 to $164,100, a 25% increase. The homeownership rate in Perkinsville, VT is 88%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Perkinsville, VT have an average commute time of 34 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Perkinsville, VT is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$164,100

Median Property Value 2020

±$20,912

$44

Median Property Taxes

±$36

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Perkinsville, VT the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Perkinsville, VT compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

88%

Homeownership

2020

48%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2020

In 2020, 88% of the housing units in Perkinsville, VT were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 82.9%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Perkinsville, VT compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$70,208

Median Household Income

± $11,415

Number of Households

± 37

In 2020, the median household income of the 50 households in Perkinsville, VT grew to $70,208 from the previous year's value of $51,875.

The following chart displays the households in Perkinsville, VT distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $60k - $75k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Perkinsville, VT is from Vermont.

0.434

2024 Wage GINI in Vermont

0.433

2023 Wage GINI in Vermont

In 2024, the income inequality in Vermont was 0.434 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.133% growth from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for Vermont was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Vermont in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Vermont across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2020

Drove Alone (81.7%)
Worked At Home (18.3%)

In 2020, 81.7% of workers in Perkinsville, VT drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (18.3%) and those who carpooled to work (0%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

34 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Perkinsville, VT have a longer commute time (34 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 6.12% of the workforce in Perkinsville, VT have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Perkinsville, VT compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

3 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Perkinsville, VT distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Perkinsville, VT have 3 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

0.87% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Perkinsville, VT (1 out of 115 people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 55 - 64, followed by Males 12 - 14 and then Males 15.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Perkinsville, VT is White, followed by Black and Native American.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798, followed by New York (5,087).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

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