Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont: Sparse district. In 2024, voted D+6%. Republican peak: R+61 in 1896.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- D+6MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- SparseAkashic typology
- Population
- 1242024 5-year
- Median household income
- $68,6162024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 93.0%2024 5-year
- Black
- 0.7%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 2.2%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+29 in 1964MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+61 in 1896MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Rutland-5 State House District, VTOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D | 36 | 32 | 70 | ||
| D | 37 | 30 | 70 | ||
| D | 28 | 26 | 61 | ||
| D | 35 | 22 | 59 | ||
| D | 40 | 24 | 65 | ||
| D | 33 | 30 | 63 | ||
| D | 29 | 28 | 60 | ||
| D | 27 | 20 | 56 | ||
| D | 26 | 22 | 64 | ||
| R | 24 | 30 | 54 | ||
| R | 20 | 31 | 51 | ||
| R | 20 | 23 | 50 | ||
| R | 20 | 24 | 45 | ||
| R | 17 | 29 | 46 | ||
| R | 18 | 21 | 41 | ||
| D | 27 | 15 | 42 | ||
| R | 19 | 25 | 44 | ||
| R | 11 | 30 | 40 | ||
| R | 12 | 29 | 41 | ||
| R | 13 | 21 | 35 | ||
| R | 15 | 20 | 34 | ||
| R | 18 | 22 | 40 | ||
| R | 20 | 22 | 42 | ||
| R | 18 | 22 | 41 | ||
| R | 18 | 26 | 44 | ||
| R | 5 | 22 | 29 | ||
| R | 7 | 18 | 25 | ||
| R | 6 | 12 | 18 | ||
| O | 4 | 6 | 17 | ||
| R | 3 | 12 | 15 | ||
| R | 3 | 12 | 15 | ||
| R | 4 | 12 | 16 | ||
| R | 3 | 14 | 18 | ||
| R | 5 | 11 | 16 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
19.1%
Irish
17.8%
French
9.8%
Italian
8.7%
German
8.5%
American
7.0%
Polish
5.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 47.7 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$68,616
Rutland-5 State House District ranks near the middle of US counties.
Rutland-5 State House District$68,616
Vermont$81,203
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
11.8%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 1811.4%
Working age (18–64)11.2%
Seniors (65+)16.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
95.8%
speak English only
Other Indo-European2.0%
Spanish1.4%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.6%
Other languages0.2%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 60.1% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Rutland-5 covers a slice of one of Vermont's more traditionally Republican-leaning counties, yet its 2020 presidential result ran well to the Democratic side, reflecting the broader leftward shift in Vermont's smaller urban and town-center precincts.
The margins in Rutland-5 State House District have ranged widely. The Democratic peak was twenty-nine points in 1964. The Republican peak was sixty-one points in 1896. The 2024 result was six points.
Places at this population scale resist generalization. The political identity of Rutland-5 State House District is, more than anything, the political identity of the few hundred people who choose to live there.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont vote in 2024?
In 2024, Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont voted Democratic by 5.7 points (D+6), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 70 votes cast, 36 went Democratic and 32 went Republican.
What is Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont as a "Sparse" district based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the district has voted Democratic 10 times, Republican 23 times, and other 1 times.
When did Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont?
Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont has a population of 124 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont?
Median household income in Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont is $68,616 — below the national median of $80,734. The Vermont state median is $81,203.
What is the political history of Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Rutland-5 State House District, Vermont from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican. The district's archetype — "Sparse" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.