 About 3.9% of families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.1% of those under age 18 and 2.0% of those age 65 or over.The town's economy is based mostly around the two nearby ski resorts, Sugarbush Resort and Mad River Glen.Both are very popular resorts but different at the same time, with Mad River Glen being the longest run skier owned and skier only resort on the East Coast and Sugarbush being a much more tourist driven resort.