Groton vs Lyndonville

A side-by-side comparison of Groton and Lyndonville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lyndonville has the higher population (1,229 vs 514 in Groton). Groton has the higher median household income ($75,583 vs $43,693 in Lyndonville). Lyndonville has the higher median home value ($290,000 vs $180,900 in Groton).

Population, income & housing

	Groton	Lyndonville
Population	514	1,229
Median age	30.7 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,583	$43,693
Median home value	$180,900	$290,000
Median gross rent	$295	$1,083
Housing units	242	618
Homeownership rate	77.7%	48.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groton	Lyndonville
Population	402 → 514 (+27.9%)	1,411 → 1,229 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$26,667 → $75,583 (+183.4%)	$33,550 → $43,693 (+30.2%)
Median home value	$106,900 → $180,900 (+69.2%)	$132,600 → $290,000 (+118.7%)
Median gross rent	$508 → $295 (-41.9%)	$794 → $1,083 (+36.4%)

Groton

Population

402514

Median household income

$26,667$75,583

Median home value

$106,900$180,900

Median gross rent

$508$295

Lyndonville

Population

1,4111,229

Median household income

$33,550$43,693

Median home value

$132,600$290,000

Median gross rent

$794$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Groton	Lyndonville
Under 5	5.4%	2.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	14.2%
18 to 24	18.5%	11.4%
25 to 34	21.6%	24.6%
35 to 44	8.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	8.8%	4.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	18.2%
65 to 74	4.9%	9.4%
75 and over	5.6%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groton	Lyndonville
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	82.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.1%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groton	Lyndonville
No high school diploma	8.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	19.1%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groton	Lyndonville
Drove alone	81.2%	47.5%
Carpooled	6.1%	28.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	12.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groton	Lyndonville
1-unit, detached	66.1%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	26.2%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	17.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Groton	Lyndonville
Poverty rate	16.0%	32.3%
Average household size	2.66	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	28	18
Median year structure built	1938	1938