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Population (year 2000): 8,035. Estimated
population in July 2005: 8,003 (-0.4% change)
Males: 3,673 (45.7%), Females: 4,362 (54.3%)
Washington County
Zip codes: .
Median resident age: 40.5 years
Median household income: $37,513 (year 2000)
Median house value: $109,500 (year 2000)
Races in Montpelier:
- White Non-Hispanic (95.4%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
- American Indian (1.0%)
- Black (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (22.4%), Irish (20.7%),
German (10.4%), Italian (8.8%), French (8.0%), French Canadian
(6.8%).
Elevation: 525 feet
Land area: 10.2 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Montpelier
- High school or higher: 95.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 46.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 19.9%
- Unemployed: 2.6%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Montpelier city
- Never married: 29.9%
- Now married: 47.8%
- Separated: 0.8%
- Widowed: 7.1%
- Divorced: 14.4%
3.7% Foreign born (2.4% Europe, 0.7% North
America, 0.4% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: -181 (-2.2%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Montpelier:
- CENTRAL VERMONT HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; BARRE, VT)
- VERMONT STATE HOSP DISTINCT PART UNIT (about 15
miles; WATERBURY, VT)
- COPLEY HOSPITAL (about 20 miles; MORRISVILLE, VT)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Montpelier:
- BURLINGTON INTL (about 43 miles; BURLINGTON, VT; ID:
BTV)
- RUTLAND STATE (about 57 miles; RUTLAND, VT; ID: RUT)
- CLINTON CO (about 72 miles; PLATTSBURGH, NY; ID: PLB)
Other public-use airports nearest to Montpelier:
- EDWARD F KNAPP STATE (about 5 miles; BARRE/MONTPELIER,
VT; ID: MPV)
- MORRISVILLE-STOWE STATE (about 19 miles;
MORRISVILLE, VT; ID: MVL)
- WARREN-SUGARBUSH (about 20 miles; WARREN, VT; ID:
0B7)
Amtrak station:
MONTPELIER-BARRE (MONTPELIER JCT. RD.). Services: enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service.
Colleges/Universities in Montpelier:
- NEW ENGLAND CULINARY INSTITUTE (Full-time
enrollment: 177; Location: 250 MAIN ST; Private,
for-profit)
- WOODBURY COLLEGE (FT enrollment: 122;
Location: 660 ELM ST; Private, not-for-profit; Website:
www.woodbury-college.edu)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Montpelier:
- NORWICH UNIVERSITY (about 11 miles; NORTHFIELD, VT;
Full-time enrollment: 2,585)
- UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT AND STATE AGRICULTURAL COLL
(about 38 miles; BURLINGTON, VT; FT enrollment: 8,852)
- DARTMOUTH COLLEGE (about 44 miles; HANOVER, NH; FT
enrollment: 5,309)
- SAINT MICHAELS COLLEGE (about 45 miles; COLCHESTER,
VT; FT enrollment: 2,272)
- MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE (about 46 miles; MIDDLEBURY, VT;
FT enrollment: 2,265)
- SUNY COLLEGE AT PLATTSBURGH (about 69 miles;
PLATTSBURGH, NY; FT enrollment: 5,601)
- PLYMOUTH STATE COLLEGE (about 74 miles; PLYMOUTH,
NH; FT enrollment: 3,542)
Public high schools in Montpelier:
- U-32 HIGH SCHOOL (UHSD #32) (Students: 862;
Location: 930 GALLISON HILL ROAD; Grades: 07 - 12)
- MONTPELIER HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 410;
Location: 5 HIGH SCHOOL DRIVE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Montpelier:
- UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 382;
Location: 1 PARK AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- MAIN STREET SCHOOL (Students: 273; Location:
170 MAIN STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- MONTPELIER S.D. (Students: 7; Location: 58
BARRE STREET; Grades: PK - PK)
Private primary/middle schools in Montpelier:
- ST MICHAEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 158;
Location: 46 BARRE STREET; Grades: KG - 7)
- TURTLE ISLAND CHILDREN'S CTR (Students: 50;
Location: 659 ELM ST; Grades: PK - KG)
Library in Montpelier:
- KELLOGG-HUBBARD (Operating income: $415,625;
Location: 135 MAIN ST.; 54,203 books; 2,177 audio
materials; 263 video materials; 165 serial
subscriptions)
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