Bakersfield vs Swanton

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

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

Swanton has the higher population (2,732 vs 377 in Bakersfield). Bakersfield has the higher median household income ($88,438 vs $71,307 in Swanton). Bakersfield has the higher median home value ($224,400 vs $210,000 in Swanton).

Population, income & housing

	Bakersfield	Swanton
Population	377	2,732
Median age	47.6 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$71,307
Median home value	$224,400	$210,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,021
Housing units	148	978
Homeownership rate	98.0%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.7%	12.8%
Unemployment rate	11.9%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bakersfield	Swanton
Population	431 → 377 (-12.5%)	2,450 → 2,732 (+11.5%)
Median household income	$65,104 → $88,438 (+35.8%)	$55,868 → $71,307 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$166,900 → $224,400 (+34.5%)	$171,400 → $210,000 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$769 → $1,021 (+32.8%)

Bakersfield

Population

431377

Median household income

$65,104$88,438

Median home value

$166,900$224,400

Swanton

Population

2,4502,732

Median household income

$55,868$71,307

Median home value

$171,400$210,000

Median gross rent

$769$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bakersfield	Swanton
Under 5	0.8%	5.7%
5 to 17	10.6%	19.7%
18 to 24	14.3%	9.1%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	7.7%	17.6%
45 to 54	27.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.6%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.0%
75 and over	4.2%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bakersfield	Swanton
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	91.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bakersfield	Swanton
No high school diploma	3.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	40.4%	46.0%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	7.4%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bakersfield	Swanton
Drove alone	79.3%	70.6%
Carpooled	5.2%	21.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.5%	6.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bakersfield	Swanton
1-unit, detached	98.0%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	21.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.1%

Poverty & households

	Bakersfield	Swanton
Poverty rate	1.9%	17.6%
Average household size	2.55	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1938	1951