Bakersfield vs Highgate Center

A side-by-side comparison of Bakersfield and Highgate Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Highgate Center has the higher population (410 vs 377 in Bakersfield). Highgate Center has the higher median household income ($116,049 vs $88,438 in Bakersfield). Highgate Center has the higher median home value ($344,000 vs $224,400 in Bakersfield).

Population, income & housing

	Bakersfield	Highgate Center
Population	377	410
Median age	47.6 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$116,049
Median home value	$224,400	$344,000
Housing units	148	161
Homeownership rate	98.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakersfield	Highgate Center
Population	431 → 377 (-12.5%)	253 → 410 (+62.1%)
Median household income	$65,104 → $88,438 (+35.8%)	$46,618 → $116,049 (+148.9%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $224,400 (+34.5%)	$159,800 → $344,000 (+115.3%)

Bakersfield

Population

431377

Median household income

$65,104$88,438

Median home value

$166,900$224,400

Highgate Center

Population

253410

Median household income

$46,618$116,049

Median home value

$159,800$344,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakersfield	Highgate Center
Under 5	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.6%	32.9%
18 to 24	14.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	5.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.0%
45 to 54	27.9%	3.2%
55 to 64	13.0%	31.0%
65 to 74	11.7%	6.1%
75 and over	4.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakersfield	Highgate Center
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	83.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakersfield	Highgate Center
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	40.4%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakersfield	Highgate Center
Drove alone	79.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakersfield	Highgate Center
1-unit, detached	98.0%	38.5%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	25.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	36.0%

Poverty & households

	Bakersfield	Highgate Center
Poverty rate	1.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.55	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	30	14
Median year structure built	1938	2004