South Vermont News

Dorset ranked 24th among cities in Vermont by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Dorset residents was an inflation-adjusted $33,050 per year. Dorset had 136 households in 2017, with a population of 259.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Danville. Danville's median income was $47,788 per year after adjusting for inflation – $14,738 more than Dorset. It had 147 households in 2017 and a population of 368.

Castleton had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Vermont, with a median income of only $6,050 per year. That was $27,000 less than the median income in Dorset at the time. Castleton had 291 households in 2017 and a population of 1,357.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Danville	47,788
2	Jericho	47,500
3	Norwich	43,155
4	Waitsfield	42,500
5	Fairfax	41,667
6	Quechee	41,389
7	East Burke	41,000
8	Cambridge	40,000
9	Newfane	38,750
10	Old Bennington	38,750
11	South Burlington	38,452
12	Hinesburg	37,440
13	Wilder	37,022
14	East Middlebury	35,547
15	Montpelier	35,503
16	Bristol	35,469
17	South Shaftsbury	35,436
18	Shelburne	35,250
19	Essex Junction	35,169
20	Arlington	35,043
21	Greensboro	35,000
22	South Barre	33,750
23	Waterbury	33,173
24	Dorset	33,050
25	Stowe	33,036
26	East Barre	32,857
27	Westminster	32,708
28	Perkinsville	32,045
29	Pittsford	31,726
30	Newbury	31,667
31	Troy	31,563
32	Websterville	31,471
33	Hyde Park	31,125
34	Woodstock	30,781
35	Richmond	30,444
36	North Westminster	30,375
37	Derby Line	30,230
38	Albany	30,156
39	Jeffersonville	30,046
40	Wallingford	30,024
41	Northfield	29,946
42	Lowell	29,732
43	Plainfield	29,583
44	St. Albans	29,306
45	Manchester Center	29,131
46	Milton	28,889
47	Concord	28,654
48	Vergennes	28,642
49	Brandon	28,150
50	Enosburg Falls	27,321
51	West Rutland	27,256
52	Bradford	27,250
53	Chester	27,250
54	Worcester	27,083
55	Marshfield	26,974
56	Randolph	26,782
57	Cavendish	26,364
58	Ascutney	26,339
59	South Royalton	25,769
60	Orleans	25,692
61	Barre	25,456
62	Wilmington	25,139
63	Fair Haven	25,049
64	Greensboro Bend	24,926
65	Fairlee	24,792
66	Swanton	24,601
67	White River Junction	24,314
68	Newport Center	24,306
69	Bethel	24,250
70	North Hartland	24,125
71	Rutland	24,020
72	Ludlow	23,977
73	Putney	23,878
74	Brattleboro	23,607
75	West Burke	23,542
76	Windsor	23,305
77	Barnet	23,214
78	Wells	22,941
79	Morrisville	22,906
80	Cabot	22,717
81	Saxtons River	22,417
82	Manchester	22,414
83	Bellows Falls	22,266
84	St. Johnsbury	22,256
85	Bennington	22,157
86	Springfield	22,138
87	West Brattleboro	22,067
88	Winooski	21,963
89	Hartland	21,900
90	Derby Center	21,875
91	Graniteville	21,776
92	Williamstown	21,559
93	Beecher Falls	21,369
94	Benson	21,354
95	Newport	20,935
96	Hardwick	20,863
97	Barton	20,795
98	North Troy	20,670
99	Canaan	20,046
100	Alburgh	19,844

* All values are inflation-adjusted