Lincoln vs Vergennes

A side-by-side comparison of Lincoln and Vergennes: population, income, housing, and more.

Lincoln and Vergennes are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Vergennes has the higher population (2,571 vs 290 in Lincoln). Vergennes has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $78,125 in Lincoln). Lincoln has the higher median home value ($328,800 vs $263,500 in Vergennes).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln	Vergennes
Population	290	2,571
Median age	54.7 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$78,125	$85,417
Median home value	$328,800	$263,500
Median gross rent	$845	$1,040
Housing units	124	1,147
Homeownership rate	76.6%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln	Vergennes
Population	225 → 290 (+28.9%)	2,596 → 2,571 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$44,531 → $78,125 (+75.4%)	$63,920 → $85,417 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$245,000 → $328,800 (+34.2%)	$216,000 → $263,500 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $845 (+30.8%)	$977 → $1,040 (+6.4%)

Lincoln

Population

225290

Median household income

$44,531$78,125

Median home value

$245,000$328,800

Median gross rent

$646$845

Vergennes

Population

2,5962,571

Median household income

$63,920$85,417

Median home value

$216,000$263,500

Median gross rent

$977$1,040

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lincoln	Vergennes
Under 5	0.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	6.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	2.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.0%	10.7%
45 to 54	20.0%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.2%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.7%	13.5%
75 and over	20.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln	Vergennes
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln	Vergennes
No high school diploma	12.1%	6.4%
High school graduate	30.5%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.8%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln	Vergennes
Drove alone	82.3%	67.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	13.9%
Public transit	2.8%	1.3%
Walked	5.0%	4.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln	Vergennes
1-unit, detached	77.4%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln	Vergennes
Poverty rate	4.2%	11.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1938	1969