Editing Colchester, Vermont (section)

==Economy==
One measure of economic activity is retail sales. Colchester was fourth in the state in 2007 with $245.8 million.<ref>{{cite book | author = McLean, Dan |title = Retail Sales by the numbers | publisher = Burlington Free Press | date = July 13, 2008}}</ref> Major employers in the town include the VNA of Chittenden & Grand Isle Counties, Saint Michael's College, Costco Wholesale Corporation, Green Mountain Power, Shaw's Supermarket, and Champlain Cable Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://colchestervt.gov/DocumentCenter/View/944|title=Statistical Background Data of Colchester, Vermont|date=2015|website=Economic Development|publisher=Town of Colchester|access-date=December 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108021650/http://colchestervt.gov/DocumentCenter/View/944|archive-date=January 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Personal income===
In 2014, the median household income for Colchester was $68,440; the per capita income was $30,877. Males had a median income of $38,268 versus $30,880 for females. About 5.4% of families, 8.2% of those under age 18, and 9.7% of those age 65 or over (total of 10.6% of the population) were below the [[poverty line]]. In 2011, the median home value was $246,269.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://colchestervt.gov/DocumentCenter/View/944|title=Statistical Background Data of Colchester, Vermont|date=2015|website=Colchester|publisher=Town of Colchester|access-date=December 12, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108021650/http://colchestervt.gov/DocumentCenter/View/944|archive-date=January 8, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Tourism===
There has been an annual "Lake Champlain International Father's Day Fishing Derby" (LCI) since 1981. In 2009, 6,000 fishermen entered.<ref>Burlington Free Press, June 26, 2009, page 1B, "LCI Derby winners vetted," Joel Banner Baird</ref>

The lakeshore areas of Colchester get an influx of vacationers every summer from southern New England and the [[New York City]] area.  Traffic, especially around the Fourth of July holiday, increases by a substantial margin.

[[Niquette Bay State Park]] offers hiking and swimming in Lake Champlain.