Pownal Center vs Stamford

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

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

Stamford has the higher population (522 vs 475 in Pownal Center). Stamford has the higher median household income ($88,750 vs $74,286 in Pownal Center). Pownal Center has the higher median home value ($424,400 vs $263,600 in Stamford).

Population, income & housing

	Pownal Center	Stamford
Population	475	522
Median age	45.6 yrs	53.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,286	$88,750
Median home value	$424,400	$263,600
Housing units	257	230
Homeownership rate	74.2%	97.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.8%	38.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pownal Center	Stamford
Population	614 → 475 (-22.6%)	465 → 522 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$63,229 → $74,286 (+17.5%)	$66,146 → $88,750 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $424,400 (+171.5%)	$225,000 → $263,600 (+17.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$789 → $900 (+14.1%)

Pownal Center

Population

614475

Median household income

$63,229$74,286

Median home value

$156,300$424,400

Stamford

Population

465522

Median household income

$66,146$88,750

Median home value

$225,000$263,600

Median gross rent

$789$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pownal Center	Stamford
Under 5	2.9%	7.5%
5 to 17	21.5%	13.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	18.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	31.2%	9.0%
55 to 64	4.2%	20.7%
65 to 74	16.6%	19.0%
75 and over	5.5%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pownal Center	Stamford
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pownal Center	Stamford
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.1%
High school graduate	40.7%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pownal Center	Stamford
Drove alone	68.7%	86.5%
Carpooled	20.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pownal Center	Stamford
1-unit, detached	62.6%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.1%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Pownal Center	Stamford
Poverty rate	6.7%	5.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	29	37
Median year structure built	1966	1965