Rockingham is a very small town located in the state of Vermont. With a population of 4,795 people and two associated neighborhoods, Rockingham is the 32nd largest community in Vermont. Much of the housing stock in Rockingham was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.Rockingham is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Rockingham is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Rockingham who work in management occupations (16.58%), teaching (11.53%), and office and administrative support (7.22%). Of important note, Rockingham is also a town of artists. Rockingham has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Rockingham’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.93% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. 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, Rockingham has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Rockingham a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.The population of Rockingham is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 36.31% of adults in Rockingham have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Rockingham in 2022 was $40,658, which is middle income relative to Vermont, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,632 for a family of four. However, Rockingham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Rockingham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rockingham residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Rockingham include English, Irish, German, French, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Rockingham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.