Hyde Park vs Wolcott

A side-by-side comparison of Hyde Park and Wolcott: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hyde Park has the higher population (434 vs 209 in Wolcott). Hyde Park has the higher median household income ($86,467 vs $39,904 in Wolcott). Hyde Park has the higher median home value ($288,900 vs $155,600 in Wolcott).

Population, income & housing

	Hyde Park	Wolcott
Population	434	209
Median age	42.8 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$86,467	$39,904
Median home value	$288,900	$155,600
Median gross rent	$1,322	$1,091
Housing units	229	143
Homeownership rate	79.0%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hyde Park	Wolcott
Population	423 → 434 (+2.6%)	180 → 209 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$68,750 → $86,467 (+25.8%)	$60,703 → $39,904 (-34.3%)
Median home value	$220,300 → $288,900 (+31.1%)	$144,300 → $155,600 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,322 (+20.8%)	$759 → $1,091 (+43.7%)

Hyde Park

Population

423434

Median household income

$68,750$86,467

Median home value

$220,300$288,900

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,322

Wolcott

Population

180209

Median household income

$60,703$39,904

Median home value

$144,300$155,600

Median gross rent

$759$1,091

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hyde Park	Wolcott
Under 5	2.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	22.5%
18 to 24	2.1%	1.9%
25 to 34	13.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.3%	17.2%
45 to 54	16.6%	24.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.0%
75 and over	7.4%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hyde Park	Wolcott
White (non-Hispanic)	97.0%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hyde Park	Wolcott
No high school diploma	3.4%	12.7%
High school graduate	26.8%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	24.6%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.4%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hyde Park	Wolcott
Drove alone	80.5%	96.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	3.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hyde Park	Wolcott
1-unit, detached	78.6%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.1%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	35.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Hyde Park	Wolcott
Poverty rate	9.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.17	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1938	1967