Cambridge vs Stowe

A side-by-side comparison of Cambridge and Stowe: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stowe has the higher population (745 vs 173 in Cambridge). Stowe has the higher median household income ($84,429 vs $50,595 in Cambridge). Since 2019, Stowe's population has grown faster (+270.6% vs -29.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Cambridge	Stowe
Population	173	745
Median age	32.8 yrs	71.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,595	$84,429
Median home value	$241,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,090	$1,310
Housing units	104	553
Homeownership rate	29.8%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.1%	82.2%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	16.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cambridge	Stowe
Population	245 → 173 (-29.4%)	201 → 745 (+270.6%)
Median household income	$63,625 → $50,595 (-20.5%)	$43,155 → $84,429 (+95.6%)
Median home value	$181,300 → $241,100 (+33.0%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,008 → $1,090 (+8.1%)	$778 → $1,310 (+68.4%)

Cambridge

Population

245173

Median household income

$63,625$50,595

Median home value

$181,300$241,100

Median gross rent

$1,008$1,090

Stowe

Population

201745

Median household income

$43,155$84,429

Median gross rent

$778$1,310

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cambridge	Stowe
Under 5	3.5%	7.9%
5 to 17	5.8%	3.1%
18 to 24	14.5%	2.1%
25 to 34	37.0%	6.8%
35 to 44	7.5%	3.2%
45 to 54	8.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	15.6%	2.6%
65 to 74	7.5%	36.8%
75 and over	0.6%	37.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cambridge	Stowe
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	8.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cambridge	Stowe
No high school diploma	10.6%	3.4%
High school graduate	21.2%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	11.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	50.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.9%	31.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cambridge	Stowe
Drove alone	86.5%	50.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	42.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	7.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cambridge	Stowe
1-unit, detached	34.6%	49.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	48.1%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	28.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cambridge	Stowe
Poverty rate	6.9%	4.0%
Average household size	1.63	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1938	1961