Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation

The Social Vulnerability Index Recalculation is based on the important work of the federal Centers for Disease Control. With the future of that index in doubt, the same federal datasets and methodologies were used to carry the index forward.

The most recent SVI uses the 2022 American Communities Survey as its base. This recalculation matches the 2022 baseline 100 percent. The 2022 methodologies form the basis of the updated calculations for subsequent ACS vintages. This platform will run updates on all new ACS releases.

Should the SVI be updated with changed methodologies, this platform will update to match, while preserving the 2022 methodologies for comparison purposes.

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Washington County — Social Vulnerability Index

Unofficial CDC-method recomputation, 2020–2024 ACS 5-year
Washington County — Social Vulnerability Index by census tract
Tract 9540.00 — 66 (Upper-middle)Tract 9541.00 — 19 (Lower-middle)Tract 9542.00 — 25 (Middle)Tract 9543.00 — 38 (Middle)Tract 9544.00 — 3 (Lower)Tract 9545.00 — 80 (Higher)Tract 9546.00 — 12 (Lower)Tract 9547.00 — 44 (Upper-middle)Tract 9548.00 — 63 (Upper-middle)Tract 9549.00 — 94 (Higher)Tract 9550.00 — 13 (Lower-middle)Tract 9551.00 — 76 (Higher)Tract 9552.00 — 61 (Upper-middle)Tract 9553.00 — 5 (Lower)Tract 9554.00 — 15 (Lower-middle)Tract 9555.01 — 73 (Higher)Tract 9555.02 — 27 (Middle)Tract 9556.00 — 17 (Lower-middle)Tract 9557.00 — 40 (Middle)Tract 9558.00 — 1 (Lower)
Where this is
Shading: Overall SVI Percentile
Lower (1 to 12)Lower-middle (13 to 19)Middle (25 to 40)Upper-middle (44 to 66)Higher (73 to 94)
Each unit is shaded by its Overall SVI Percentile value and grouped into equal-count bands (quantiles) against the other units shown — lighter = lower, darker = higher. It ranks position among the units in view; it does not grade places, and the ranges shift with which units are shown.
The map is bounded to this parent geography — it shows the selected unit among its own siblings only, the same depth rule the drill-down uses. Shading ranks position on the measure among the units shown; it does not grade places.

Click a tract to see its overall percentile and theme scores.

Median tract: 32nd percentile (among tracts in VT).
These tracts span the 1st percentile to the 94th percentile. The width of that range is the internal disparity.
Well above the median1 (5%) · 2,031 people
Above the median6 (30%) · 20,988 people
Near the median2 (10%) · 3,620 people
Below the median3 (15%) · 12,412 people
Well below the median8 (40%) · 20,966 people
Widest spread across these tracts: Racial & Ethnic Minority Status — this theme most separates the higher- and lower-ranked tracts here.
The SVI ranks each tract's position relative to a comparison set; it is not averaged into one number for the area, because percentiles do not average meaningfully. The distribution — median, range, and shape below — is the summary.
Tract 9549.00 (pop. 2,031) — 94th percentile — Well above the median CDC-based flag ≥ 90th percentile
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Household Characteristics (well above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above).
Tract 9545.00 (pop. 2,880) — 80th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 9551.00 (pop. 3,995) — 76th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status; below the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 9555.01 (pop. 2,629) — 73rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above), Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics.
Tract 9540.00 (pop. 4,756) — 66th percentile — Above the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above) and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9548.00 (pop. 2,311) — 63rd percentile — Above the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 9552.00 (pop. 4,417) — 61st percentile — Above the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (well above) and Housing Type & Transportation (well above); below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9547.00 (pop. 1,702) — 44th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Household Characteristics.
Tract 9557.00 (pop. 1,918) — 40th percentile — Near the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (well above); near the median on Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation; below the median on Socioeconomic Status.
Tract 9543.00 (pop. 5,405) — 38th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); near the median on Socioeconomic Status; below the median on Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9555.02 (pop. 4,233) — 27th percentile — Below the median
Driven by Housing Type & Transportation (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics and Racial & Ethnic Minority Status.
Tract 9542.00 (pop. 2,774) — 25th percentile — Below the median
Near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9541.00 (pop. 2,372) — 19th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9556.00 (pop. 1,585) — 17th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Socioeconomic Status (above); below the median on Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9554.00 (pop. 3,870) — 15th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9550.00 (pop. 2,612) — 13th percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9546.00 (pop. 1,970) — 12th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Household Characteristics (above); below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9553.00 (pop. 4,135) — 5th percentile — Well below the median
Driven by Racial & Ethnic Minority Status (well above); near the median on Household Characteristics; below the median on Socioeconomic Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9544.00 (pop. 3,080) — 3rd percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
Tract 9558.00 (pop. 1,342) — 1st percentile — Well below the median
Below the median on Socioeconomic Status, Household Characteristics, Racial & Ethnic Minority Status and Housing Type & Transportation.
SVI = the CDC/ATSDR Social Vulnerability Index, recomputed by this platform from American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates using CDC's published method. Percentiles rank each tract against tracts in VT. "Vulnerability" is the name of CDC's index; the platform reports where a place ranks on it, and does not grade places or their residents.
Top-decile flags follow CDC's own convention (≥ 90th percentile) and are attributed as such; they are not part of an official CDC distribution.

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