North Pownal vs Pownal Center

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

North Pownal 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 345 in North Pownal). Pownal Center has the higher median household income ($74,286 vs $71,250 in North Pownal). Pownal Center has the higher median home value ($424,400 vs $196,400 in North Pownal).

Population, income & housing

	North Pownal	Pownal Center
Population	345	475
Median age	60.8 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$74,286
Median home value	$196,400	$424,400
Housing units	120	257
Homeownership rate	100.0%	74.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	31.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Pownal	Pownal Center
Population	478 → 345 (-27.8%)	614 → 475 (-22.6%)
Median household income	$63,333 → $71,250 (+12.5%)	$63,229 → $74,286 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $196,400 (+17.0%)	$156,300 → $424,400 (+171.5%)

North Pownal

Population

478345

Median household income

$63,333$71,250

Median home value

$167,900$196,400

Pownal Center

Population

614475

Median household income

$63,229$74,286

Median home value

$156,300$424,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Pownal	Pownal Center
Under 5	1.7%	2.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	21.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	18.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	31.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	4.2%
65 to 74	13.6%	16.6%
75 and over	33.3%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Pownal	Pownal Center
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	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	7.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Pownal	Pownal Center
No high school diploma	3.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	40.7%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Pownal	Pownal Center
Drove alone	83.3%	68.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	20.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Pownal	Pownal Center
1-unit, detached	81.7%	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	18.3%	33.1%

Poverty & households

	North Pownal	Pownal Center
Poverty rate	0.0%	6.7%
Average household size	2.88	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1960	1966