Hardwick vs Lyndon Center

A side-by-side comparison of Hardwick and Lyndon Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hardwick has the higher population (1,047 vs 337 in Lyndon Center). Since 2019, Lyndon Center's population has grown faster (+23.0% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Hardwick	Lyndon Center
Population	1,047	337
Median age	57.6 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,667	—
Median home value	$175,300	—
Median gross rent	$806	—
Housing units	595	70
Homeownership rate	50.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	55.6%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardwick	Lyndon Center
Population	1,079 → 1,047 (-3.0%)	274 → 337 (+23.0%)
Median household income	$42,907 → $41,667 (-2.9%)	—
Median home value	$82,800 → $175,300 (+111.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$796 → $806 (+1.3%)	—

Hardwick

Population

1,0791,047

Median household income

$42,907$41,667

Median home value

$82,800$175,300

Median gross rent

$796$806

Lyndon Center

Population

274337

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardwick	Lyndon Center
Under 5	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.4%	23.1%
18 to 24	17.4%	21.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	4.2%	0.0%
45 to 54	2.0%	23.1%
55 to 64	18.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	25.8%	17.8%
75 and over	13.1%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardwick	Lyndon Center
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	95.5%
Black or African American	3.7%	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	11.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardwick	Lyndon Center
No high school diploma	2.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	54.6%	16.6%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardwick	Lyndon Center
Drove alone	72.3%	84.2%
Carpooled	5.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	6.7%
Bicycle	4.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	9.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardwick	Lyndon Center
1-unit, detached	62.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hardwick	Lyndon Center
Poverty rate	13.6%	4.5%
Average household size	1.95	3.90
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	1938	—