Children by poverty status and family type, Vermont, 2024

In 2024, 9,607 Vermont children—8.8 percent—were living in poverty. Most kids in Vermont live with married couples, but most kids in poverty—over half—live with just their mothers. That discrepancy reflects the gender gap in wages, the inadequacy of social supports, and the persistent undervaluing of many women-dominated occupations, and of caregiving itself.