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Wage Policies

Overall Wage Policy Score: 62.9
The average living wage for the state of Vermont is $32.92/hr, while the states minimum wage is $11.75/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is not extended to farm workers. This gives Vermont a minimum wage score of 71.91 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $5.88/hr, which gives Vermont a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 35.6 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for Vermont is $271.56, resulting in a UI benefit score of 75.95 compared to all other states.

Worker Protection Policies

Overall Worker Protection Score: 60.71

✓ Vermont does provide accommodations for pregnant workers.
✓ Vermont does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ Vermont does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
✓ Vermont does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
✓ Vermont does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X Vermont does not provide some form of paid family leave.
✓ Vermont does provide some form of paid sick leave.
✓ Vermont does provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X Vermont does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X Vermont does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X Vermont does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ Vermont does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ Vermont does partially extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X Vermont does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.

Right To Organize Policies

Overall Right To Organize Score: 90

✓ Vermont does not have a "right-to-work" law.
✓ Vermont does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
✓ Vermont does partially protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ Vermont does require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ Vermont does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ Vermont does provide wage negotiations for teachers.

Data from Oxfam America, Inc.
A global organization that fights inequality to end poverty and injustice.

Voting

Windsor County voted Democratic in the 2020 Presidential Election with a very significant difference of 59.11% between the winner and runner up.

Voting Results by Party

Democratic: 68.25%
Republican: 27.91%
Other: 2.53%
Libertarian: 0.96%
Green: 0.35%

Nearby Locations

Additional Location Details

Zip Code(s) : 05071
Latitude : 43.563604
Longitude : -72.570078
TimeZone : Eastern (GMT -05:00)
Daylight Saving : Yes
Region : Northeast
Average Elevation : 1623 ft.
Area Code(s) : 802

Demographic Details

Average # of People Per Household : 2.10
Male Population Estimate : 50.93%
Female Population Estimate : 49.07%
Median Age : 53.8
Male Median Age : 53.8
Female Median Age : 53.9

White Population Estimate : 99.38%
Black Population Estimate : 1.23%
Hispanic Population Estimate : 0.31%
Asian Population Estimate : 0.62%
Hawaiian Population Estimate : 0.00%
Indian Population Estimate : 1.54%
Other Population Estimate : 0.00%

Crime Details

NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of S Woodstock specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Windsor County: Data Not Available
Average # of Violent Crimes for Windsor County: About 91 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 2021)
Windsor County is about 68% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.