Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety38#572/924
Economy67#304/925
Housing15#782/925
Health57#402/925
Healthcare94#52/923
Environment82#162/917
Education81#176/925
Infrastructure55#416/925
Community87#121/925
Leisure & amenities90#93/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Rutland, VT micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Public libraries · high3.5 /10k
99/100Vermont 2.9 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAggregated from counties
Grocery stores · high3.5 /10k
98/100Vermont 3.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
95/100Vermont 11 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAggregated from counties
Hot days · low1 days
95/100Vermont 2 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Public EV charging ports · high17.6 /10k
94/100Vermont 20.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAggregated from counties
Poor or fair health · low15.2%
94/100Vermont 14.4%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high50.1%
1/100Vermont 50.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Comfortable days · low22.0%
2/100Vermont 21.6%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · high1.64%
5/100Vermont 1.51%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Firearm deaths · high28.2 /100k
6/100Vermont 13.7 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Injury deaths · high132 /100k
8/100Vermont 105 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Suicide rate · high26.5 /100k
11/100Vermont 21.6 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

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

Firearm deathsWorsening
7.6 /100k (2021) → 28.2 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+271%5 yearsUS 14.7 /100k → 12.1 /100k
Child care cost burdenWorsening
27.3% (2020 & 2021) → 50.1% (2023 & 2024)
+23 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Suicide rateWorsening
16.2 /100k (2021) → 26.5 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
+64%5 yearsUS 14.5 /100k → 14.1 /100k
Hot daysWorsening
1 days (2011-2020) → 1 days (2016-2025)
+63%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
69.5% (2010 & 2021) → 80.4% (2022 & 2024)
+11 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Violent crime rateWorsening
185 /100k (2020) → 280 /100k (2025)
+52%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k

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, Rutland, VT micropolitan area improved on 9 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 10. 7 moved within the margin of error and 5 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved9

Bachelor's++4.4 points30.8% → 35.3%
Unemployment−3.8 points6.8% → 3.0%
Grocery stores+6.4%3.3 /10k → 3.5 /10k
Overdose deaths−34%38.0 /100k → 24.9 /100k
Weekly wage+22%$964 → $1,180

Declined10

Property crime+37%1,056 /100k → 1,448 /100k
Violent crime+52%185 /100k → 280 /100k
Firearm deaths+55%18.2 /100k → 28.2 /100k
Inequality+0.0270.437 → 0.464
Poverty+1.7 points10.1% → 11.8%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Rutland, VT micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	6.8 /10k2020	6.9 /10k2025	+1.4%	Little change	32%
Average commute time	22.6 min2015-2019	23.0 min2020-2024	+0.4 min	Within the margin of error	49%
Average weekly wage	$9642020	$1,1802025	+22%	Improved	40%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.8%2015-2019	35.3%2020-2024	+4.4 points	Improved	84%
Broadband subscriptions	80.1%2015-2019	87.0%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Improved	23%
Child poverty rate	10.7%2015-2019	11.4%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	17%
Distance to an airport	59 mi2020	59 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	38.0 /100k2020	24.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−34%	Improved	62%
Effective property tax rate	1.81%2015-2019	1.65%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	64%
Firearm deaths	18.2 /100k2020	28.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+55%	Declined	8%
Grocery stores	3.3 /10k2020	3.5 /10k2025	+6.4%	Improved	71%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.0 /10k2020	0.8 /10k2025	−16%	Declined	21%
High school diploma or higher	92.6%2015-2019	94.2%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.3×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	82%
Income adjusted for local prices	$52,9632019	$68,8752024	+30%	Improved	37%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4372015-2019	0.4642020-2024	+0.027	Declined	8%
Median household income	$56,1392015-2019	$68,6162020-2024	+22%	Improved	24%
New business applications	7.3 /1k2020	10.1 /1k2025	+38%	Improved	37%
Pharmacies	2.3 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	+1.4%	Little change	76%
Poverty rate	10.1%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Declined	8%
Property crime rate	1,056 /100k2020	1,448 /100k2025	+37%	Declined	1%
Public libraries	3.6 /10k2019	3.5 /10k2024	−3.2%	Little change	36%
Public transit commuters	0.9%2015-2019	0.5%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Declined	41%
Rent as share of income	30.2%2015-2019	30.1%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	50.4%2015-2019	50.2%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	61%
Restaurants and bars	13.9 /10k2020	12.7 /10k2025	−8.3%	Declined	16%
Suicide rate	21.5 /100k2020	26.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+23%	Declined	22%
Traffic deaths	10.9 /100k2015-2019	13.9 /100k2020-2024	+28%	Declined	19%
Unemployment rate	6.8%2020	3.0%2025	−3.8 points	Improved	74%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	5.8%2015-2019	5.1%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Violent crime rate	185 /100k2020	280 /100k2025	+52%	Declined	4%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 708 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 925 metro and micro areas 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.

Metro and micro areas like Rutland, VT micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Rutland, VT micropolitan area 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.

For comparison, Rutland, VT micropolitan area itself moved −7 points in standing on average over the same 30 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

60,425 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

25,321 households (±412)

Rutland, VT micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k17%4,237
$25k–50k21%5,404
$50k–75k16%4,082

Homes

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

Owners and renters

25,321 households (±412)

Rutland, VT micropolitan area
United States share

Own75%19,017
Rent25%6,304

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.7 points).

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

28,133 workers (±696)

Rutland, VT micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone79%22,255
Carpool6.1%1,728
Public transit0.5%†135

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Rutland, VT micropolitan area.

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.

Rutland, VT has 1,945 employer establishments, 322 for every 10,000 residents (1.30× the US rate of 248), with 22,482 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,879. The Census Bureau also counts 5,208 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,945; 5,208 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 322; US 248
Paid employees: 22,482
Average annual pay: $49,879; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	200	33.1	2.14×More than typical	863	$62,524	583
Restaurants and other eating places	125	20.7	1.13×About typical	1,834	$23,010	22
Ambulatory health care services	110	18.2	0.87×About typical	1,423	$62,194	246
Construction of buildings	75	12.4	1.64×More than typical	462	$56,751	276
Services to buildings and dwellings	74	12.3	1.82×More than typical	281	$43,687	394
Building equipment contractors	68	11.3	1.87×More than typical	281	$56,875	102
Full-service restaurants	65	10.8	1.40×More than typical	998	$24,761	9
Building finishing contractors	55	9.1	2.40×More than typical	169	$47,893	226
Gasoline stations	53	8.8	2.71×More than typical	408	$31,064	—
Lessors of real estate	52	8.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	160	$48,750	566
Automotive repair and maintenance	50	8.3	1.65×More than typical	231	$40,766	62
Landscaping services	45	7.5	2.13×More than typical	165	$52,642	155

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 60,356 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.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $1.5M on contracts performed in Rutland, VT micropolitan area: $24.48 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.5M; −80% vs FY2025
Per resident: $24.48; US $1,994
Sole-source: 16%; US 30%
Single offer: 26%; 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

Forest Service$663.1K45%
Department of the Army$429.2K29%
Department of Veterans Affairs$307.4K21%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$24.8K1.7%
Public Buildings Service$18.3K1.3%
Federal Acquisition Service$8,8550.6%
U.S. Secret Service$8,6010.6%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

19.6MFY2017
20.3MFY2018
27.3MFY2019
8.1MFY2020
20.7MFY2021
3.7MFY2022
8.3MFY2023
11.4M

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$340.3K23%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231$229.1K16%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$168.3K12%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$137.7K9.4%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$136.1K9.3%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379

Largest awards

RUTLAND AFRC MEP LOT VT0007$1.1M
G.M. HILL ENGINEERING, INC.· Rutland County, VT· Construction & real property· Nov 1, 2024 – Feb 9, 2026· W912BU25F0001
FURNISHINGS: YORKTOWN BLDG 2075 CASEGOOD$744K
NEW ENGLAND WOODCRAFT, INC.· Rutland County, VT· Other equipment & supplies· Aug 5, 2025 – Feb 23, 2026· W912DY25F0250
FURNISHINGS: CFA OKINAWA, BLDG 1700$604.1K
NEW ENGLAND WOODCRAFT, INC.· Rutland County, VT· Other equipment & supplies· Jun 28, 2024 – May 6, 2026· W912DY24F0177
FURNISHINGS NAS KEY WEST BLDG. 1350

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.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $487.2M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Rutland, VT micropolitan area: $8,168 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $487.2M; −5% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,168; US $12,955
Loan face value: $12.6M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.3%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$331.8M68%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$44.3M9.1%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$28.3M5.8%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$25.8M5.3%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$13.5M2.8%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$5.5M1.1%
20.116 · Airport Improvement Program$4.7M1.0%
20.287 · Surface Transportation Block Grant Program$3.4M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

TRANSPORTATION, VERMONT AGENCY OF$19M3.9%
BARRE, VT
RUTLAND HOUSING AUTHORITY$3.6M0.7%
RUTLAND, VT
HYANNIS AIR SERVICE INC$2.9M0.6%
HYANNIS, MA
COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS OF THE RUTLAND REGION, INC.$2.8M0.6%
RUTLAND, VT
RUTLAND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS, INC.

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$415.5M85%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$31.4M6.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$14.2M2.9%
Department of Transportation
Federal Aviation Administration$4.8M1.0%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing

Assistance by fiscal year

423.9MFY2021
421MFY2022
456.9MFY2023
481.9MFY2024
512.7MFY2025
487.2MFY2026

County aggregates

92%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Rutland, VT

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Rutland CountyCentral county8259,653

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

RutlandPrincipal city15,712

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Vermont

Areas based in Vermont, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved9

Declined10

Metro and micro areas like Rutland, VT micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Rutland, VT

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Vermont

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved9

Declined10

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought