Pownal Center vs South Shaftsbury

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

Pownal Center and South Shaftsbury 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 442 in South Shaftsbury). Pownal Center has the higher median household income ($74,286 vs $58,692 in South Shaftsbury). Pownal Center has the higher median home value ($424,400 vs $194,200 in South Shaftsbury).

Population, income & housing

	Pownal Center	South Shaftsbury
Population	475	442
Median age	45.6 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,286	$58,692
Median home value	$424,400	$194,200
Housing units	257	237
Homeownership rate	74.2%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pownal Center	South Shaftsbury
Population	614 → 475 (-22.6%)	412 → 442 (+7.3%)
Median household income	$63,229 → $74,286 (+17.5%)	$51,818 → $58,692 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $424,400 (+171.5%)	$194,900 → $194,200 (-0.4%)

Pownal Center

Population

614475

Median household income

$63,229$74,286

Median home value

$156,300$424,400

South Shaftsbury

Population

412442

Median household income

$51,818$58,692

Median home value

$194,900$194,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pownal Center	South Shaftsbury
Under 5	2.9%	0.5%
5 to 17	21.5%	12.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	18.1%	0.2%
45 to 54	31.2%	4.5%
55 to 64	4.2%	23.5%
65 to 74	16.6%	40.5%
75 and over	5.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pownal Center	South Shaftsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	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	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pownal Center	South Shaftsbury
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	40.7%	20.4%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pownal Center	South Shaftsbury
Drove alone	68.7%	99.2%
Carpooled	20.4%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pownal Center	South Shaftsbury
1-unit, detached	62.6%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Pownal Center	South Shaftsbury
Poverty rate	6.7%	5.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1966	1951