Rutland is home to 15,712 people in Vermont. At a median age of 49.0, this is an older place than the country as a whole. The foreign-born share is 2%. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $185,500. Households here earn about 29% less than in Vermont as a whole. Getting to work takes 16 minutes on average.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $57,675, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 49.0
US median: 38.9
Average education
33% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Rutland
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$228,487 → $185,500(−19%)US over the same years: +67%
Median age35.1 → 49.0(+13.9 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
White share98.6% → 92.6%(−6.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Rutland's population equals 26% of Rutland County's. Its number of households without a car equals 56% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 20% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)15.7%(166)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.8%(231)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era47.1%(498)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.2%(23)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,058 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Rutland, decade by decade
Rutland population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
18,230
$61,043
$228,487
19.2%
3.4
2000
17,292
$55,520
$162,309
21.6%
7.0
2010
16,495
$54,821
$225,280
22.0%
12.1
2020
15,807
$58,398
$184,109
29.7%
27.9
2024
15,712
$57,675
$185,500
33.4%
17.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
