Island Pond vs Lunenburg

A side-by-side comparison of Island Pond and Lunenburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Island Pond has the higher population (698 vs 430 in Lunenburg). Island Pond has the higher median household income ($47,500 vs $43,523 in Lunenburg). Lunenburg has the higher median home value ($143,100 vs $118,900 in Island Pond).

Population, income & housing

	Island Pond	Lunenburg
Population	698	430
Median age	50.6 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,500	$43,523
Median home value	$118,900	$143,100
Median gross rent	$795	—
Housing units	587	171
Homeownership rate	43.8%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.2%	21.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	27.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Island Pond	Lunenburg
Population	826 → 698 (-15.5%)	376 → 430 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$32,222 → $47,500 (+47.4%)	$41,250 → $43,523 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$104,200 → $118,900 (+14.1%)	$111,800 → $143,100 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $795 (+10.6%)	$544 → $983 (+80.7%)

Island Pond

Population

826698

Median household income

$32,222$47,500

Median home value

$104,200$118,900

Median gross rent

$719$795

Lunenburg

Population

376430

Median household income

$41,250$43,523

Median home value

$111,800$143,100

Median gross rent

$544$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Island Pond	Lunenburg
Under 5	0.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.3%	21.9%
18 to 24	14.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	8.2%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.5%	5.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	16.0%
75 and over	17.9%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Island Pond	Lunenburg
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Island Pond	Lunenburg
No high school diploma	14.2%	14.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Island Pond	Lunenburg
Drove alone	89.9%	85.2%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Island Pond	Lunenburg
1-unit, detached	62.2%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	14.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	12.3%

Poverty & households

	Island Pond	Lunenburg
Poverty rate	13.0%	45.4%
Average household size	1.93	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938