Dorset vs Pownal Center

A side-by-side comparison of Dorset and Pownal Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pownal Center has the higher population (475 vs 349 in Dorset). Dorset has the higher median household income ($148,385 vs $74,286 in Pownal Center). Dorset has the higher median home value ($482,400 vs $424,400 in Pownal Center).

Population, income & housing

	Dorset	Pownal Center
Population	349	475
Median age	60.6 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$148,385	$74,286
Median home value	$482,400	$424,400
Housing units	321	257
Homeownership rate	97.2%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	95.6%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorset	Pownal Center
Population	213 → 349 (+63.8%)	614 → 475 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$87,368 → $148,385 (+69.8%)	$63,229 → $74,286 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$340,400 → $482,400 (+41.7%)	$156,300 → $424,400 (+171.5%)

Dorset

Population

213349

Median household income

$87,368$148,385

Median home value

$340,400$482,400

Pownal Center

Population

614475

Median household income

$63,229$74,286

Median home value

$156,300$424,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorset	Pownal Center
Under 5	8.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	7.7%	21.5%
18 to 24	12.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.9%	18.1%
45 to 54	1.1%	31.2%
55 to 64	8.3%	4.2%
65 to 74	27.8%	16.6%
75 and over	17.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorset	Pownal Center
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorset	Pownal Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	2.0%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	2.4%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	56.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	39.2%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorset	Pownal Center
Drove alone	36.9%	68.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	34.2%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorset	Pownal Center
1-unit, detached	94.7%	62.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	Dorset	Pownal Center
Poverty rate	5.4%	6.7%
Average household size	1.97	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	—	29
Median year structure built	1938	1966