† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
1 counties by 2024 margin · County returns · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupRutland, VTVermontUnited States
English19.1%19.1%9.5%
Irish17.8%16.8%9.4%
French9.8%8.6%1.6%
Italian8.7%7.4%4.8%
German8.5%10.7%12.5%
American7.0%7.0%5.3%
Polish5.4%—2.2%
French Canadian4.4%6.2%—
Puerto Rican0.8%0.5%1.8%
Mexican0.3%0.6%11.3%
Spaniard0.3%0.2%—
Spanish0.2%0.2%—
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Rutland, VT
Vermont
United States
Median age
47.7
43.4
39.1
Age 18–24
8.0%
10.0%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
24.7%
21.5%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Rutland, VT
Vermont
United States
Median household income
$68,616
$81,203
$84,427
Poverty rate
11.8%
10.0%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
35.3%
44.1%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Rutland, VT
Vermont
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
4.2%
5.5%
22.3%
Spanish
1.4%
1.3%
13.6%
Religious landscape
Measure
Rutland, VT
Vermont
United States
Catholic
18.2%
20.9%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
12.5%
7.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
60.1%
62.4%
51.5%
Mainline Protestant
5.8%
5.6%
5.2%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Rutland, VT
presidential history
Presidential margin, 1892–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
1892
−35.5%
1896
−58.9%
1900
−50.9%
1904
−58.9%
1908
−55.0%
1912
−11.1%
1916
−35.2%
1920
−47.0%
1924
−57.0%
1928
−18.9%
1932
−9.5%
1936
−6.1%
1940
−10.3%
1944
−14.6%
1948
−22.3%
1952
−40.1%
1956
−47.7%
1960
−13.6%
1964
+29.8%
1968
−6.5%
1972
−26.1%
1976
−7.8%
1980
−6.4%
1984
−22.8%
1988
−11.4%
1992
+6.0%
1996
+12.1%
2000
+1.5%
2004
+4.7%
2008
+24.6%
2012
+21.9%
2016
+3.9%
2020
+10.5%
2024
+5.2%
DemocraticRepublican
34 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
51.0%Harris17,375
45.7%Trump15,586
1.7%Kennedy573 +6
D+5.2
R+5.2
D+6.7
34,102
All 9 candidates in 2024 · 7 minor / independent
Kamala D HarrisDemocratic51.0%17,375
Donald J TrumpRepublican45.7%15,586
Robert F Kennedy Jr.Independent1.7%573
OtherAll other candidates0.5%175
Chase OliverLibertarian0.5%172
Cornel WestIndependent0.2%84
Claudia De La CruzIndependent0.2%82
SpoiledIndependent0.1%44
Rachele FruitIndependent0.0%11
D
53.7%Biden18,230
43.2%Trump14,672
3.1%
D+10.5
D+6.6
D+6.0
33,970
D
46.0%Clinton13,635
42.1%Trump12,479
11.8%
D+3.9
R+18.0
D+1.8
29,615
D
59.7%Obama17,088
37.9%Romney10,835
2.4%
D+21.9
R+2.7
D+18.0
28,609
D
61.2%Obama19,355
36.6%McCain11,584
2.1%
D+24.6
D+19.9
D+17.3
31,617
D
51.3%Kerry15,904
46.6%Bush14,440
2.0%
D+4.7
D+3.2
D+7.2
30,975
D
47.6%Gore13,990
46.1%Bush13,546
6.2%
D+1.5
R+10.6
D+1.0
29,362
D
48.6%Clinton13,230
36.5%Dole9,934
14.9%
D+12.1
D+6.1
D+3.6
27,229
D
41.2%Clinton12,829
35.2%Bush10,963
23.6%
D+6.0
D+17.4
D+0.4
31,144
R
43.8%Dukakis11,496
55.1%Bush14,482
1.1%
R+11.4
D+11.4
R+3.6
26,261
R
38.2%Mondale9,545
61.0%Reagan15,236
0.8%
R+22.8
R+16.4
R+4.6
24,985
R
39.6%Carter9,596
46.0%Reagan11,142
14.4%
R+6.4
D+1.4
D+3.4
24,234
R
45.2%Carter9,868
53.0%Ford11,565
1.8%
R+7.8
D+18.3
R+9.8
21,819
R
36.6%McGovern8,261
62.7%Nixon14,143
0.7%
R+26.1
R+19.5
R+2.9
22,563
R
44.7%Humphrey9,000
51.3%Nixon10,318
4.0%
R+6.5
R+36.3
R+5.9
20,127
D
64.9%Johnson13,241
35.1%Goldwater7,165
0.0%
D+29.8
D+43.4
D+7.2
20,406
R
43.2%Kennedy9,246
56.8%Nixon12,166
0.0%
R+13.6
D+34.0
R+13.8
21,412
R
26.2%Stevenson5,165
73.8%Eisenhower14,570
0.0%
R+47.7
R+7.6
R+32.3
19,735
R
29.9%Stevenson5,970
69.9%Eisenhower13,980
0.2%
R+40.1
R+17.8
R+29.3
19,986
R
38.3%Truman6,452
60.6%Dewey10,206
1.2%
R+22.3
R+7.7
R+26.8
16,853
R
42.7%Roosevelt7,111
57.3%Dewey9,544
0.0%
R+14.6
R+4.3
R+22.1
16,655
R
44.7%Roosevelt8,798
55.0%Willkie10,829
0.3%
R+10.3
R+4.2
R+20.3
19,681
R
46.8%Roosevelt9,543
52.9%Landon10,794
0.3%
R+6.1
D+3.4
R+30.4
20,391
R
44.7%Roosevelt8,924
54.2%Hoover10,821
1.0%
R+9.5
D+9.4
R+27.3
19,951
R
40.5%Smith8,609
59.4%Hoover12,621
0.2%
R+18.9
D+38.1
R+1.4
21,262
R
17.3%Davis2,477
74.3%Coolidge10,642
8.4%
R+57.0
R+10.0
R+31.8
14,320
R
26.1%Cox3,192
73.1%Harding8,940
0.8%
R+47.0
R+11.8
R+20.8
12,229
R
31.2%Wilson2,785
66.3%Hughes5,926
2.5%
R+35.2
R+24.1
R+38.3
8,932
O
25.0%Wilson2,079
36.0%Taft2,999
39.0%
Roosevelt +3.0
D+44.0
R+30.6
8,324
R
20.7%Bryan1,542
75.7%Taft5,643
3.6%
R+55.0
D+3.8
R+45.5
7,454
R
18.3%Parker1,367
77.1%Roosevelt5,772
4.6%
R+58.9
R+7.9
R+39.2
7,484
R
23.7%Bryan1,874
74.7%McKinley5,901
1.6%
R+50.9
D+8.0
R+43.4
7,904
R
19.1%Bryan1,661
78.0%McKinley6,794
2.9%
R+58.9
R+23.4
R+52.9
8,710
R
31.0%Cleveland2,426
66.5%Harrison5,210
2.5%
R+35.5
—
R+37.2
7,835
Congressional elections · 3 Senate races
U.S. Senate
Source · MIT Election Lab (MEDSL), Senate. CC-BY 4.0.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Total
2024
D
50.1%16,838
44.7%15,040
33,631
2022
D
56.3%14,848
40.6%10,718
26,370
2018
D
55.8%13,587
39.4%9,576
24,328
voter registration
Registered voters
Total registered voters, over time
Registered voters
Voter registration in Rutland, VT
Year
Total registered
2016
43,112
2018
44,202
2020
43,896
2022
45,640
2024
45,856
domestic migration
Who moves in and out
Net domestic migration over time
−45 net domestic migration · 2025
20112025
Net −1,279 over 2011–2025 · gain loss
Domestic migration in Rutland, VT in Rutland, VT: net domestic migration by year
Year
Net domestic migration
2011
−244
2012
−351
2013
−152
2014
−365
2015
−360
2016
−248
2017
+44
2018
−190
2019
−242
2021
+513
2022
+23
2023
+256
2024
+82
2025
−45
Rutland metro consistently outperforms Vermont's statewide Democratic lean, anchored by a deindustrialized core and surrounding hill towns where independent and Republican voters have historically held sway.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 29.8 points in 1964 and a Republican high of 58.9 points in 1896. Between 2020 and 2024 the metro moved 5.2 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 5.2 points.
A population of 60,425, a 93% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $68,616 describe the metro. The metro's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bennington, VT and Marquette, MI.
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In 2024, Rutland, VT, Vermont voted Democratic by 5.2 points (D+5.2), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 34,102 votes cast, 17,375 went Democratic and 15,586 went Republican.
When did Rutland, VT, Vermont last vote Republican?
The most recent presidential election in which Rutland, VT, Vermont voted Republican was 1988.
How many people live in Rutland, VT, Vermont?
Rutland, VT, Vermont has a population of 60,425 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Rutland, VT, Vermont?
Median household income in Rutland, VT, 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, VT, Vermont?
Akashic tracks 34 presidential elections in Rutland, VT, Vermont from 1892 to 2024. Of those, 10 went Democratic and 23 went Republican.
