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Lamoille County, Vermont

Democratic +35.8 (2024)
County seat
Hyde Park
Judicial district
Lamoille County Superior Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
26,294
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 26,148.

At a glance

Lamoille County is a 26,294-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $87,863, $5,027 above the VT state median of $82,836; 44.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly French, Haitian, or Cajun and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 27.5% of covered employment, average pay $40,700/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.0%, above the 2.63% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 69% of the vote across the three.

Population
26,148
Median household income
$74,908
Unemployment
3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 1%.

Lamoille County has a population of 26,148, with a median age of 41.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.4%; Black residents 0.9%. Independently, 2.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $87,863; 44.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 23,949 91.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 661 2.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 233 0.9%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 223 0.9%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 837 3.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 56 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 189 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

  • Under 18 5,176 19.8%
  • 18–24 2,108 8.1%
  • 25–44 6,851 26.2%
  • 45–64 7,120 27.2%
  • 65 and over 4,893 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$87,863
90% interval $84,259–$91,467
+$5,027 vs VT · 4th of 14
Below poverty line
8.9%
90% interval 6.5%–11.3%
−0.4 pp vs VT · 10th of 14

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by hospitality and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Leisure & hospitality, about 3,470 jobs; Education & health services, about 3,080, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.

Leisure & hospitality is the largest employment sector at 27.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 22.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.0%, above the Vermont state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.0%
+0.37 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.7B
3.57% of state
Avg. annual pay
$59,733
Establishments
1,587

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Leisure & hospitality 3,471 27.5%
  • Education & health services 2,806 22.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,973 15.6%
  • Professional & business services 1,003 8.0%
  • Construction 890 7.1%
  • Financial activities 437 3.5%
  • Public administration 344 2.7%

The sectors listed cover 86.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
72.9%
−0.3 pp vs VT · 13th of 14
Median gross rent
$1,160
−$74 vs VT · 7th of 14
Owner-occupied
8,687
Renter-occupied
3,236

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $110,058/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $40,700/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 7.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Democratic

Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 66%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Lamoille County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 66.3% in 2024, 68.7% in 2020, 62.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,757 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201630.7%62.2%
202027.9%68.7%
202430.5%66.3%
  • Democratic 9,788 66.3%
  • Republican 4,505 30.5%
  • Other / third-party 464 3.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are French, Haitian, or Cajun, Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 5.7% of the adult civilian population (1,196 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 409 1.6%
  • Spanish 219 0.9%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 191 0.8%
  • German or other West Germanic 71 0.3%
  • Chinese 69 0.3%
  • Tagalog 13 0.1%
  • Arabic 6 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
11,923
Family households
7,258
60.9% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,797
24.8% of families
Single-mother families
906
12.5% of families
Veterans
1,196
5.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

24.6% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 3,784 14.6%
  • Evangelical Protestant 1,214 4.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 745 2.9%
  • Mainline Protestant 632 2.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.3%
±1.7 pp
Uninsured
6.7%
±1.7 pp
1st of 14
With a disability
12.8%
±1.5 pp
13th of 14
Bachelor's or higher
44.3%
±3.2 pp
+0.5 pp vs VT · 3rd of 14
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.3%
90% interval 6.4%–8.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Lamoille County Superior Court
Judges
1 (Vermont Superior Court Judge, approximate primary/resident assignment per county unit (Civil + Criminal Division combined). VT has ~33 Judges statewide who rotate assignments among the 14 county units under a unified bench (4 V.S.A. § 30), so any given trial day's working bench may differ from this count. Vintage 2026 vermontjudiciary.org roster.)
Court seats
Hyde Park
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Lamoille totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 0 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
0
0 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
0

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Lamoille County, Vermont to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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