Highgate Center vs St. Albans

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

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

St. Albans has the higher population (6,910 vs 410 in Highgate Center). Highgate Center has the higher median household income ($116,049 vs $53,370 in St. Albans). Highgate Center has the higher median home value ($344,000 vs $245,600 in St. Albans).

Population, income & housing

	Highgate Center	St. Albans
Population	410	6,910
Median age	36.3 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$116,049	$53,370
Median home value	$344,000	$245,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,166
Housing units	161	3,305
Homeownership rate	100.0%	51.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highgate Center	St. Albans
Population	253 → 410 (+62.1%)	6,804 → 6,910 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$46,618 → $116,049 (+148.9%)	$53,647 → $53,370 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$159,800 → $344,000 (+115.3%)	$180,800 → $245,600 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,005 → $1,166 (+16.0%)

Highgate Center

Population

253410

Median household income

$46,618$116,049

Median home value

$159,800$344,000

St. Albans

Population

6,8046,910

Median household income

$53,647$53,370

Median home value

$180,800$245,600

Median gross rent

$1,005$1,166

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highgate Center	St. Albans
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	32.9%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	5.6%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	3.2%	12.3%
55 to 64	31.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.1%	10.4%
75 and over	0.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highgate Center	St. Albans
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	91.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highgate Center	St. Albans
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	38.8%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	34.6%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highgate Center	St. Albans
Drove alone	100.0%	67.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	8.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highgate Center	St. Albans
1-unit, detached	38.5%	45.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	25.5%	33.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	36.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Highgate Center	St. Albans
Poverty rate	0.0%	20.7%
Average household size	3.42	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	2004	1944