Local conditions
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- Cambridge's 2018 Town Plan describes the 2017 Cambridge Greenway Trail Bridge replacement over the Brewster River, which fixed a low, flood-prone crossing that had been reducing flood risk to the Jeffersonville village core.
- Cambridge's 2018 Town Plan says total housing units grew from 1,363 to 1,658 between 2000 and 2016, with 37% of the 295 new units built in the villages.
- Cambridge's 2018 Town Plan says the Village of Jeffersonville's population climbed 28%, from 568 in 2000 to 729 in 2010.
- Cambridge's 2018 Town Plan puts the 2010 median household income at $61,741, 19% above the Vermont state average.
- Cambridge's 2018 Town Plan puts the town's 2010 Census population at 3,659, a 15% increase from 2000, one of the fastest growth rates in Lamoille County.
- Cambridge's 2018 Town Plan says as of 2016, 58% of Jeffersonville village's housing units were renter-occupied, versus 48% in Cambridge Village.
- Cambridge's 2018 Town Plan says Cambridge Elementary's three connected buildings, ranging from 15 to 80 years old and totaling about 51,600 square feet, sit on the School District's 6.15-acre Jeffersonville parcel.
How Cambridge compares next door
Cambridge's 2018 Town Plan says flooding is a recurring problem at Route 15's "Wrong-Way-Bridge" and Pumpkin Harbor Road, both of which sit below the two-year flood elevation — a named, specific hazard that this site's own facts for neighboring Morrisville, in a different county, don't include. The plan also shows the Village of Jeffersonville growing 28% in population between 2000 and 2010 while renter-occupied housing there reached 58% of the village's stock, well above Cambridge Village's 48%, so a "Cambridge" search should confirm whether the address is actually in the faster-growing, more rental-heavy village center or elsewhere in town.
Getting started
The Lamoille River runs through Cambridge village itself, and Route 108 climbs north from it toward Jeffersonville and Smugglers' Notch.
Home-care coverage
Ask whether the Cambridge address is covered from Morrisville, St.
Albans, Essex-area or another base and whether the requested shift fits that route.
Clarify rural minimums and how a replacement reaches the home.
How far to search
Jeffersonville, Morrisville, Stowe and Essex-area options may be considered.
For communities, compare mountain and winter travel with the family member's usual direction of travel.
- Jeffersonville
- Morrisville
- Stowe
- Essex
Costs
Cambridge quotes should separate scheduled care from mileage, transportation and rural minimums.
A wider community search should include family travel and transportation in the monthly comparison.
Winter and transport
Route 15 can connect the area, while side roads and winter weather create address-specific timing.
Document an alternate contact and what happens if a visit is delayed.
Questions for providers
From which direction would Cambridge staffing come, and is replacement coverage available on that same route?
The first week
Contact providers in more than one surrounding market, but give each the identical address and schedule.
Keep only the options that confirm a workable primary and backup route.
Licensed settings
Cambridge shows zero licensed senior-living settings.
The nearest 4 sit outside town limits, within Lamoille County, with 0 carrying a dementia designation and 3 accepting a Medicaid residential payment.
Hospital and home health
Via Lamoille County, Cambridge's general acute hospital is Copley Hospital in Morrisville — its discharge team is typically the quickest way into equipment or rehab.
For Cambridge addresses, home health flows through Lamoille Home Health and Hospice of Morrisville, licensed for Lamoille County; it's ordered by a clinician and billed on its own separate terms.