Hardwick vs Peacham

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

Hardwick and Peacham 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 277 in Peacham). Peacham has the higher median home value ($239,000 vs $175,300 in Hardwick). Since 2019, Peacham's population has grown faster (+33.2% vs -3.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Hardwick	Peacham
Population	1,047	277
Median age	57.6 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,667	—
Median home value	$175,300	$239,000
Median gross rent	$806	—
Housing units	595	128
Homeownership rate	50.7%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	49.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	8.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hardwick	Peacham
Population	1,079 → 1,047 (-3.0%)	208 → 277 (+33.2%)
Median household income	$42,907 → $41,667 (-2.9%)	—
Median home value	$82,800 → $175,300 (+111.7%)	$192,100 → $239,000 (+24.4%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $806 (+1.3%)	$768 → $831 (+8.2%)

Hardwick

Population

1,0791,047

Median household income

$42,907$41,667

Median home value

$82,800$175,300

Median gross rent

$796$806

Peacham

Population

208277

Median home value

$192,100$239,000

Median gross rent

$768$831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hardwick	Peacham
Under 5	5.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	6.4%	26.0%
18 to 24	17.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	7.5%	3.2%
35 to 44	4.2%	15.5%
45 to 54	2.0%	3.2%
55 to 64	18.3%	8.3%
65 to 74	25.8%	9.0%
75 and over	13.1%	22.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hardwick	Peacham
White (non-Hispanic)	85.0%	80.9%
Black or African American	3.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.3%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hardwick	Peacham
No high school diploma	2.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	54.6%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	28.4%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hardwick	Peacham
Drove alone	72.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hardwick	Peacham
1-unit, detached	62.2%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	19.0%	18.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hardwick	Peacham
Poverty rate	13.6%	15.6%
Average household size	1.95	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	25	49
Median year structure built	1938	1973