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December 21, 2004
Stats about my hometown
I found this today at the newspaper where I'm from: http://samessenger.com under Highgate (my hometown). My friend Leon has a column there, so I was perusing. You may or may not find this interesting...but it's better than hearing about my missing colon every day. haha (it's ok to laugh here...gotta have a sense of humor)
Population (year 2000): 3,397
Males: 1,704 (50.2%), Females: 1,693 (49.8%)
Median resident age: 34.3 years
Median household income: $41,556 (year 2000)
Median house value: $95,800 (year 2000)
Races in Highgate:
White Non-Hispanic (92.8%)
American Indian (6.5%)
Two or more races (2.4%)
Ancestries: French (23.6%), French Canadian (19.3%), United States (13.1%), Irish (9.1%), English (8.1%), Italian (3.6%).
For population 25 years and over in Highgate
High school or higher: 79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%
Graduate or professional degree: 1.5%
Unemployed: 5.5%
Mean travel time to work: 27.3 minutes
Highgate compared to Vermont state average:
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Renting percentage below state average.
Number of college students below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.
Posted by stacey at December 21, 2004 06:43 PM