Census-designated place · Lamoille County, Vermont

Stowe, Vermont

Stowe is a census-designated place in Lamoille County, Vermont. It has 1,003 residents. Stowe, Vermont has a quality-of-life score of 91 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,358 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Vermont it ranks #12 of 51 cities and towns. It ranks best on gyms and fitness centers (high), grocery stores (high) and uninsured residents (under 65) (low). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), child care cost burden (high) and unemployment rate (high).

91Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,358 of 15,651 cities and towns
Vermont: #12 of 51 in VT
Population: 1,003 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,301.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 5070450

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety83#2,638/15,637
Economy37#9,806/15,631
Housing41#8,838/14,977
Health83#2,686/15,609
Healthcare91#1,414/15,650
Environment97#511/15,453
Education100#13/15,649
Infrastructure73#4,181/15,650
Community64#5,577/15,651
Leisure & amenities100#23/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Stowe, Vermont ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Lamoille County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Gyms and fitness centers · high3.8 /10k
100/100Vermont 1.7 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLamoille County value
Grocery stores · high4.6 /10k
99/100Vermont 3.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLamoille County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.0%
99/100Vermont 5.1%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Students per teacher · low9.8×
98/100Vermont 11.4×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsLamoille County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high15.6 /10k
98/100Vermont 8.7 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsLamoille County value
Food insecurity · low6.4%
98/100Vermont 9.6%United States 15.6%2022Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low20.8%
0/100Vermont 21.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationLamoille County value
Child care cost burden · high50.1%
1/100Vermont 50.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteLamoille County value
Unemployment rate · high12.7%
5/100Vermont 2.7%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Vermont 3.3United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesLamoille County value
Depression · high27.8%
11/100Vermont 27.8%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Effective property tax rate · high1.55%
19/100Vermont 1.51%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
201 (2015-2019) → 1,003 (2020-2024)
+399%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
78.0% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−78 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2016-2020) → 72.4% (2020-2024)
+72 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
45.9% (2015-2019) → 94.5% (2020-2024)
+49 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$43,155 (2015-2019) → $85,031 (2020-2024)
+97%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
29.5% (2015-2019) → 13.5% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Stowe, Vermont improved on 1 of 5 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 4 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+49 points45.9% → 94.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 5 measures

Change of every measure of Stowe, Vermont between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.2%2015-2019	59.9%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	32%
Broadband subscriptions	45.9%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+49 points	Improved	100%
High school diploma or higher	89.1%2015-2019	97.4%2020-2024	+8.3 points	Within the margin of error	93%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4752015-2019	0.5022020-2024	+0.027	Within the margin of error	29%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15075 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Stowe, Vermont five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Stowe, Vermont in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Stowe, Vermont five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Stowe, Vermont itself moved +26.6 points in standing on average over the same 4 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,003 residents (±458)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59
40–49
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 men (−20.4 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,003 residents (±458)

Stowe, Vermont
Vermont share

White100%†1,003
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

770 residents (±326)

Stowe, Vermont
Vermont share

No high school diploma2.6%†20
High school or GED19%†148
Some college15%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

474 households (±173)

Stowe, Vermont
Vermont share

Under $25k4.2%†20
$25k–50k9.9%†47
$50k–75k36%†169
$75k–100k20%†94
$100k–150k0.0%0
$150k–200k18%†87
$200k or more12%†57

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−34.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

474 households (±173)

Stowe, Vermont
Vermont share

Own66%†311
Rent34%†163

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

163 households (±103)

Stowe, Vermont
Vermont share

Under $75012%†20
$750–1,00015%†25
$1,000–1,50016%†26

Home values

311 homes (±161)

Stowe, Vermont
Vermont share

Under $150k6.8%†21
$150k–250k28%†87
$250k–400k29%†89

Age of homes

545 homes (±182)

Stowe, Vermont
Vermont share

2010 or later18%†99
2000–200912%†64
1980–199921%†116

Size of homes

545 homes (±182)

Stowe, Vermont
Vermont share

Studio4.6%†25
1 bedroom27%†146
2 bedrooms26%†144

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

289 workers (±194)

Stowe, Vermont
Vermont share

Drive alone71%†205
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0
Walk26%†75
Bike0.0%0
Work from home3.1%†9
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

280 workers (±190)

Stowe, Vermont
Vermont share

Under 15 min43%†120
15–29 min53%†148
30–44 min0.0%0

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Lamoille County, the county holding most of Stowe's residents.

Lamoille County has 1,001 employer establishments, 383 for every 10,000 residents (1.54× the US rate of 248; 1.19× Vermont's), with 11,129 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,911. The Census Bureau also counts 3,103 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,001; 3,103 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 383; US 248 · Vermont 322
Paid employees: 11,129
Average annual pay: $45,911; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Lamoille County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	94	35.9	2.32×More than typical	393	$67,903	292
Restaurants and other eating places	68	26	1.42×More than typical	1,002	$30,082	7
Construction of buildings	67	25.6	3.39×More than typical	237	$59,565	185
Lessors of real estate	46	17.6	1.43×More than typical	159	$48,849	375
Services to buildings and dwellings	46	17.6	2.61×More than typical	91	$56,802	287
Ambulatory health care services	43	16.4	0.79×Fewer than typical	703	$54,451	182
Full-service restaurants	37	14.1	1.84×More than typical	702	$29,148	3
Landscaping services	34	13	3.71×More than typical	58	$72,000	95
Traveler accommodation	32	12.2	6.78×More than typical	2,719	$32,762	29
Building equipment contractors	30	11.5	1.91×More than typical	146	$59,288	48
Building finishing contractors	26	9.9	2.62×More than typical	53	$54,698	134
Grocery and convenience stores	22	8.4	2.83×More than typical	462	$27,617	—

Rank places for an industry Open Lamoille County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 26,152 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Stowe, Vermont: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

225.4FY2017
71.6FY2018
71.7FY2019
597.5FY2024

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Stowe, Vermont, so they do not add up across cities.

Stowe, Vermont's figures are part of those of Lamoille County, VT ($321K in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Stowe is mostly in Lamoille County.

See federal money in Lamoille County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Stowe, Vermont is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Becca BalintD-VT · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 1.2%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Lamoille County97100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Lamoille County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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