Vermont household income down in 2013

Income levels and poverty rates were not statistically different for most states from 2012 to 2013, according to statistics released today from the US Census Bureau’s American Community Survey, the nation’s most comprehensive data source on American households. Vermont remained above the US median for household income, but slipped 2 percent in one year. Poverty was up 1.2 percent in Vermont in 2013.

The state and local income and poverty statistics in the American Community Survey and the local-level health insurance statistics complement the national-level statistics released Tuesday from the Current Population Survey and American Community Survey. The American Community Survey has included questions about health insurance coverage since 2008, and today’s release provides statistics for all metropolitan areas and places with a population of 65,000 or more. Of metro areas, Pittsfield, Mass., had among the lowest percentage of uninsured at 2.1 percent.

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