North Pownal vs South Shaftsbury

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

North Pownal 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 345 in North Pownal). North Pownal has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $58,692 in South Shaftsbury). North Pownal has the higher median home value ($196,400 vs $194,200 in South Shaftsbury).

Population, income & housing

	North Pownal	South Shaftsbury
Population	345	442
Median age	60.8 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$58,692
Median home value	$196,400	$194,200
Housing units	120	237
Homeownership rate	100.0%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.5%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Pownal	South Shaftsbury
Population	478 → 345 (-27.8%)	412 → 442 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$63,333 → $71,250 (+12.5%)	$51,818 → $58,692 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$167,900 → $196,400 (+17.0%)	$194,900 → $194,200 (-0.4%)

North Pownal

Population

478345

Median household income

$63,333$71,250

Median home value

$167,900$196,400

South Shaftsbury

Population

412442

Median household income

$51,818$58,692

Median home value

$194,900$194,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Pownal	South Shaftsbury
Under 5	1.7%	0.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	14.2%	0.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	4.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	23.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	40.5%
75 and over	33.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Pownal	South Shaftsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	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	7.5%	11.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Pownal	South Shaftsbury
No high school diploma	3.1%	5.0%
High school graduate	28.3%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	15.1%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree	39.9%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Pownal	South Shaftsbury
Drove alone	83.3%	99.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Pownal	South Shaftsbury
1-unit, detached	81.7%	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	18.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Pownal	South Shaftsbury
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.9%
Average household size	2.88	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1960	1951