Dorset vs South Shaftsbury

A side-by-side comparison of Dorset and South Shaftsbury: population, income, housing, and more.

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

South Shaftsbury has the higher population (442 vs 349 in Dorset). Dorset has the higher median household income ($148,385 vs $58,692 in South Shaftsbury). Dorset has the higher median home value ($482,400 vs $194,200 in South Shaftsbury).

Population, income & housing

	Dorset	South Shaftsbury
Population	349	442
Median age	60.6 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$148,385	$58,692
Median home value	$482,400	$194,200
Housing units	321	237
Homeownership rate	97.2%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	95.6%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorset	South Shaftsbury
Population	213 → 349 (+63.8%)	412 → 442 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$87,368 → $148,385 (+69.8%)	$51,818 → $58,692 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$340,400 → $482,400 (+41.7%)	$194,900 → $194,200 (-0.4%)

Dorset

Population

213349

Median household income

$87,368$148,385

Median home value

$340,400$482,400

South Shaftsbury

Population

412442

Median household income

$51,818$58,692

Median home value

$194,900$194,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorset	South Shaftsbury
Under 5	8.3%	0.5%
5 to 17	7.7%	12.7%
18 to 24	12.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	16.9%	0.2%
45 to 54	1.1%	4.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	23.5%
65 to 74	27.8%	40.5%
75 and over	17.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorset	South Shaftsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.9%
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%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorset	South Shaftsbury
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	2.0%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	2.4%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree	56.4%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	39.2%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorset	South Shaftsbury
Drove alone	36.9%	99.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	34.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorset	South Shaftsbury
1-unit, detached	94.7%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dorset	South Shaftsbury
Poverty rate	5.4%	5.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	18
Median year structure built	1938	1951