05701 — Rutland, Vermont

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 05701. Its median home value runs 17% above Rutland as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

56out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 41% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 12 sources
Opportunity2,055th of 3,116 ZIP areas measured47
Growth2,713th of 3,124 ZIP areas measured28
Housing affordabilityTop 47% of 3,112 ZIP areas measured69
Climate2,878th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured57
Physical resilienceTop 17% of 3,127 ZIP areas measured83
Access2,975th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured55
Economic stability2,479th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured34
The quick read

Unemployment is 3.1% and median household income $61,610, putting employment conditions in the middle range of ZIP areas measured. The unemployment rate is published for Rutland, VT, which contains 05701, rather than for 05701 alone.

2 housing units were authorized over the past twelve months, essentially level with the prior year — steady rather than turning. The permit count and 1 other measure here are published for Rutland, VT, which contains 05701, rather than for 05701 alone.

Rent takes 32% of renter income here, above the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 2.5 times what its owners earn.

These sentences are written by fixed rules from the measurements below — a statement appears because a number crossed a stated threshold, and the values behind it are stored with it. No figure anywhere on this site is invented, estimated or inferred to fill a gap. How this works.

At a glance

Population
20,382
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$61,610
Bottom 33% nationally
Density
301/sq mi
67.7 sq mi of land
Median age
49.7
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Rutland
Vermont
Micro area
Nearest major airport
ALB
75 mi · Albany Intl
Median home value
$217,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Rutland, VT, which contains 05701, is 3.1%, lower than in 91% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across Rutland, VT, which contains 05701, fell 3.4% over the past year, to 7,419 employed residents.

35% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 74% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsRutland County, VT’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$66,36346th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftRutland County, VT’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$58,19327th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$6,2892024 ACS 5-Year$61,610Bottom 33%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$2,4442024 ACS 5-Year$40,874Top 37%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year14.2%Bottom 33%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±1.4 min2024 ACS 5-Year18.2 minTop 9%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year35.3%Top 26%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year79.8%65th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentRutland, VT’s figureJuly 20267,419Bottom 1%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Rutland, VT’s figureJuly 2026−5.0%Bottom 5%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Rutland, VT’s figureJuly 2026−3.4%Bottom 5%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceRutland, VT’s figureJuly 20267,6581st percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year74.7%Bottom 37%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Public transit to work ±0.4%2024 ACS 5-Year0.5%72nd percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Rutland, VT’s figureJuly 2026+0.3%Bottom 28%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateRutland, VT’s figureJuly 20263.1%Top 9%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year8.9%46th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202462k56k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $61,610 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Rutland, VT, the city containing this ZIP code.

There are 11.7 students for every full-time teacher across 6 public schools, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
7
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
11.7
across 6 of them
Math proficiency
—
Reading proficiency
—
All 7 public schools on record, largest first. None of them has a proficiency figure in the federal file.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacher
Rutland Senior High SchoolRutland City School District72112.4
Rutland Intermediate SchoolRutland City School District50411.0
Rutland Town Elementary SchoolRutland Town School District37913.1
Rutland Middle SchoolRutland City School District2498.6
Northeast Primary SchoolRutland City School District23713.2
Northwest Primary SchoolRutland City School District20012.5
Stafford Technical CenterRutland City School District0—

65.7% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Vermont’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the non-metropolitan parts of Vermont is up 63% over five years, and up 6.1% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $4,595 a year in real estate taxes, about 2.11% of the median home value.

The typical renter household here spends 32% of its income on rent, above the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,024 a month.

A median home at $217,700 costs 2.5 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $88,446, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Rent as a share of income
32.0%
Above the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.5×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Median gross rent
$1,024
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$217,700
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against 05701’s median household income of $61,610, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price change (1 year)the non-metropolitan parts of Vermont’s figure2026 Q2+6.1%91st percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Vermont’s figure2026 Q2+62.9%97th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the non-metropolitan parts of Vermont’s figure2026 Q2+108.8%69th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.32024 ACS 5-Year2.5Top 40%of 29,2752024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year60.5%16th percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±3572024 ACS 5-Year10,76285th percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$682024 ACS 5-Year$1,024Bottom 49%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$13,5682024 ACS 5-Year$217,70049th percentileof 30,8122024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$1832024 ACS 5-Year$4,59585th percentileof 28,9352024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$7,4652024 ACS 5-Year$88,446Top 42%of 29,8022024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.16%2024 ACS 5-Year2.11%95th percentileof 24,0992024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±6%2024 ACS 5-Year32.0%Bottom 30%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±1272024 ACS 5-Year33591st percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year3.1%65th percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year10.2%67th percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±3082024 ACS 5-Year1,42893rd percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures.

Development Momentum

28/ 100
Ranks 2,713 of 3,124 published ZIP profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 2 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes. The multifamily share is published for Rutland, VT, which contains 05701, rather than for 05701 alone.

At 0.1 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for Rutland, VT, which contains 05701, rather than for 05701 alone.

Units permitted
2
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
0.1
Bottom 6% nationally
Year over year
0%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
+0.4%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
69%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$66,363
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$58,193
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Addison County, VT 200 people · 9.9% of arrivals
  2. Windsor County, VT 130 people · 6.4% of arrivals
  3. Washington County, NY 91 people · 4.5% of arrivals
  4. Chittenden County, VT 91 people · 4.5% of arrivals
  5. Bennington County, VT 89 people · 4.4% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Addison County, VT 143 people · 7.9% of departures
  2. Washington County, NY 114 people · 6.3% of departures
  3. Chittenden County, VT 84 people · 4.6% of departures
  4. Windsor County, VT 83 people · 4.6% of departures
  5. Bennington County, VT 63 people · 3.5% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Rutland County, VT. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Rutland, VT, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 81°F and January a low of 11°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 40.3 inches.

0°20°40°60°80°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station SPRINGFIELD HARTNESS AP, 27.6 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index2024 calendar year562024 calendar year
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals40.3"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals11°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals81°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals51991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 1002024 calendar year02024 calendar year
Median air quality index2024 calendar year372024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals49°F1991-2020 Normals

Air quality

Median air quality index
37
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
56
90th percentile index
Days above 100
0
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. Air quality is measured by EPA monitors and published by county only where a monitor sits; a county without one shows nothing rather than an estimate, and a county reading is still the county’s. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

83 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, cold wave and strong wind, with inland flooding alone responsible for 72% of it. Inland flooding is independently rated low or minimal nationally, so this describes how the loss is composed, not how large that hazard is.

Overall hazard risk is lower than 83% of measured US ZIP areas.

LandslideModerate
HurricaneModerate
LightningModerate
Winter weatherModerate
Cold waveModerate
EarthquakeModerate
Heat waveModerate
Strong windModerate

Low or minimal exposure: inland flooding, avalanche, ice storm, hail, tornado, wildfire, drought, tsunami, volcanic activity, coastal flooding.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offenses — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Homicide
1.9
per 100,000 residents · modeled, not measured
Firearm deaths, all intents
28.2
per 100,000 residents
Drug overdose
24.9
per 100,000 residents
Suicide
26.5
per 100,000 residents

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around 05701 (Rutland County) rather than 05701 itself. They are shown and not scored. How to read death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Rutland carries the figure where its department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
School results
Too few schools here reported proficiency for a figure to be weighted honestly. AreaProfile requires at least two reporting schools and 200 enrolled students behind a place-level rate, because below that a single small school decides the number.
Cost of living
Price parities are published for metropolitan areas, and this place lies outside one.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. Cost of living is published where the Bureau of Economic Analysis measures it, though not for this place. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Albany Intl at 75 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year85.6%Bottom 32%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle75 miBottom 4%of 3,127NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle3Bottom 21%of 3,127NASR current cycle
No internet access ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year11.7%Bottom 31%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Albany IntlALB75 mi8,500 ft
Plattsburgh IntlPBG76 mi11,759 ft
Manchester Boston RgnlMHT88 mi9,250 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
SafetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
March 2025 to February 2026; May 2025 to April 2026
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2024-25 school year
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

05701 vs Rutland

How this ZIP area compares with Rutland as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.

05701
Rutland
Median household income: 05701 is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$61,610
vs
$57,675
Per capita income: 05701 is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$40,874
vs
$37,528
Population density
301/sq mi
vs
2,080/sq mi
Median home value
$217,700
vs
$185,500
Median gross rent: Rutland is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$1,024
vs
$995
Homeownership rate
60.5%
vs
54.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 05701 is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
35.3%
vs
33.4%
Poverty rate: 05701 is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
14.2%
vs
15.2%
Median age
49.7
vs
49.0

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.