Overview Highgate is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 3,564 people and just one neighborhood, Highgate is the 66th largest community in Vermont. Much of the housing stock in Highgate was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country. Occupations and Workforce Highgate is a blue-collar town, with 40.99% of people working in blue-collar occupations, while the average in America is just 27.7%. Overall, Highgate is a town of production and manufacturing workers, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Highgate who work in office and administrative support (12.79%), management occupations (8.51%), and business and financial occupations (7.62%). A relatively large number of people in Highgate telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 12.54% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Setting & Lifestyle The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Highgate has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Highgate a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. As is often the case in a small town, Highgate doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute. Highgate Demographics The percentage of adults in Highgate with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.79% of adults in Highgate have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Highgate in 2022 was $35,482, which is low income relative to Vermont, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $141,928 for a family of four. However, Highgate contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Highgate is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Highgate home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Highgate residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Highgate include French Canadian, French, English, German, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Highgate is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and French.