Middlebury vs Vergennes

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

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

Middlebury has the higher population (7,145 vs 2,571 in Vergennes). Vergennes has the higher median household income ($85,417 vs $74,900 in Middlebury). Middlebury has the higher median home value ($388,100 vs $263,500 in Vergennes).

Population, income & housing

	Middlebury	Vergennes
Population	7,145	2,571
Median age	23.5 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$74,900	$85,417
Median home value	$388,100	$263,500
Median gross rent	$1,287	$1,040
Housing units	2,407	1,147
Homeownership rate	58.0%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.1%	35.1%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Middlebury	Vergennes
Population	6,966 → 7,145 (+2.6%)	2,596 → 2,571 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$56,192 → $74,900 (+33.3%)	$63,920 → $85,417 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$271,600 → $388,100 (+42.9%)	$216,000 → $263,500 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,008 → $1,287 (+27.7%)	$977 → $1,040 (+6.4%)

Middlebury

Population

6,9667,145

Median household income

$56,192$74,900

Median home value

$271,600$388,100

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,287

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)

	Middlebury	Vergennes
Under 5	3.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	5.6%	12.1%
18 to 24	41.7%	8.5%
25 to 34	7.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	7.6%	10.7%
45 to 54	6.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	7.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.5%
75 and over	10.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Middlebury	Vergennes
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	94.3%
Black or African American	2.0%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	7.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Middlebury	Vergennes
No high school diploma	4.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	14.2%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.9%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	31.2%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Middlebury	Vergennes
Drove alone	40.0%	67.8%
Carpooled	7.8%	13.9%
Public transit	0.6%	1.3%
Walked	29.4%	4.8%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	12.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Middlebury	Vergennes
1-unit, detached	49.1%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	8.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	17.9%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	14.9%
20 or more units	15.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Middlebury	Vergennes
Poverty rate	13.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.04	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1974	1969