Stowe vs Wolcott

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

Stowe and Wolcott 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 209 in Wolcott). Stowe has the higher median household income ($84,429 vs $39,904 in Wolcott). Since 2019, Stowe's population has grown faster (+270.6% vs +16.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Stowe	Wolcott
Population	745	209
Median age	71.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,429	$39,904
Median home value	—	$155,600
Median gross rent	$1,310	$1,091
Housing units	553	143
Homeownership rate	61.5%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.2%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	16.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stowe	Wolcott
Population	201 → 745 (+270.6%)	180 → 209 (+16.1%)
Median household income	$43,155 → $84,429 (+95.6%)	$60,703 → $39,904 (-34.3%)
Median home value	—	$144,300 → $155,600 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,310 (+68.4%)	$759 → $1,091 (+43.7%)

Stowe

Population

201745

Median household income

$43,155$84,429

Median gross rent

$778$1,310

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)

	Stowe	Wolcott
Under 5	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	3.1%	22.5%
18 to 24	2.1%	1.9%
25 to 34	6.8%	12.9%
35 to 44	3.2%	17.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	24.9%
55 to 64	2.6%	7.2%
65 to 74	36.8%	12.0%
75 and over	37.4%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stowe	Wolcott
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	98.1%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stowe	Wolcott
No high school diploma	3.4%	12.7%
High school graduate	2.9%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	11.4%	20.3%
Bachelor's degree	50.7%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.5%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stowe	Wolcott
Drove alone	50.5%	96.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	42.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stowe	Wolcott
1-unit, detached	49.7%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	11.6%	35.0%
20 or more units	28.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Stowe	Wolcott
Poverty rate	4.0%	4.8%
Average household size	1.62	1.95
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1961	1967