Highest poverty rate in Vermont

Vermont counties and cities ranked by poverty rate.

This page ranks the counties and cities of Vermont by poverty rate — which have the highest poverty rate, according to the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

Among counties, Essex County leads at 14.3%.

Among cities & places, Highgate Springs leads at 100.0%.

Counties

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Essex County	14.3%
2	Caledonia County	12.6%
3	Rutland County	12.0%
4	Windham County	12.0%
5	Bennington County	11.4%
6	Orleans County	10.8%
7	Chittenden County	10.4%
8	Franklin County	10.1%
9	Orange County	9.4%
10	Washington County	9.4%
11	Windsor County	8.7%
12	Lamoille County	8.1%
13	Grand Isle County	7.6%
14	Addison County	7.4%

Cities & places

Top 100.

#	Name	Poverty rate
1	Highgate Springs	100.0%
2	Barnet	72.8%
3	Lunenburg	45.4%
4	Newport Center	34.3%
5	Lyndonville	32.3%
6	South Royalton	29.9%
7	Wells River	29.2%
8	Barton	29.1%
9	Manchester Center	28.2%
10	Richford	27.4%
11	Algiers	26.9%
12	West Pawlet	26.6%
13	Glover	24.6%
14	Fairlee	24.0%
15	Brattleboro	23.3%
16	West Burke	23.0%
17	Burlington	23.0%
18	Northfield	22.3%
19	Newport	21.6%
20	Pownal	21.6%
21	Chelsea	21.4%
22	St. Albans	20.7%
23	St. Johnsbury	20.4%
24	Fairfax	20.3%
25	Springfield	19.4%
26	Plainfield	19.3%
27	Barre	19.3%
28	North Troy	19.2%
29	Bellows Falls	19.1%
30	Randolph	19.0%
31	West Brattleboro	18.5%
32	Putney	18.4%
33	Johnson	18.4%
34	Jeffersonville	18.1%
35	Swanton	17.6%
36	Hartford Village	17.3%
37	Enosburg Falls	17.3%
38	Concord	17.0%
39	Manchester	16.4%
40	Benson	16.2%
41	Irasburg	16.2%
42	Groton	16.0%
43	White River Junction	16.0%
44	Fair Haven	16.0%
45	Hinesburg	15.8%
46	Waterbury	15.8%
47	Killington Village	15.6%
48	Peacham	15.6%
49	Rutland	15.3%
50	Morrisville	15.2%
51	Newfane	14.9%
52	Derby Center	14.7%
53	Wells	14.7%
54	Brandon	14.6%
55	West Woodstock	14.4%
56	Winooski	14.3%
57	Castleton Four Corners	14.0%
58	West Charlotte	13.9%
59	Coventry	13.9%
60	Middlebury	13.8%
61	Rochester	13.7%
62	Hardwick	13.6%
63	Woodstock	13.2%
64	Poultney	13.1%
65	Pawlet	13.1%
66	Island Pond	13.0%
67	East Dorset	12.8%
68	Hartland	12.4%
69	Bennington	12.4%
70	Newbury	11.8%
71	Bradford	11.8%
72	Bristol	11.7%
73	Castleton	11.5%
74	Danby	11.4%
75	Vergennes	11.4%
76	Orleans	11.0%
77	Alburgh	11.0%
78	Williamstown	11.0%
79	Wilder	10.6%
80	Greensboro Bend	10.4%
81	Ludlow	9.7%
82	Proctor	9.4%
83	Troy	9.3%
84	Arlington	9.3%
85	South Londonderry	9.2%
86	Waitsfield	9.0%
87	Sheffield	9.0%
88	Hyde Park	9.0%
89	Canaan	8.9%
90	Shelburne	8.7%
91	Saxtons River	8.7%
92	North Bennington	8.5%
93	Milton	8.5%
94	Norwich	8.4%
95	Graniteville	8.3%
96	Pittsford	8.2%
97	South Burlington	8.1%
98	North Hartland	7.6%
99	Readsboro	7.4%
100	North Clarendon	7.3%

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