Chelsea vs Fairlee

A side-by-side comparison of Chelsea and Fairlee: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Chelsea has the higher population (416 vs 100 in Fairlee). Fairlee has the higher median household income ($60,250 vs $45,333 in Chelsea). Fairlee has the higher median home value ($266,200 vs $139,200 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Fairlee
Population	416	100
Median age	40.9 yrs	58.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,333	$60,250
Median home value	$139,200	$266,200
Median gross rent	$1,076	$993
Housing units	231	70
Homeownership rate	71.0%	44.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Fairlee
Population	475 → 416 (-12.4%)	207 → 100 (-51.7%)
Median household income	$51,563 → $45,333 (-12.1%)	$51,711 → $60,250 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $139,200 (+19.3%)	$191,700 → $266,200 (+38.9%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $1,076 (+58.2%)	$778 → $993 (+27.6%)

Chelsea

Population

475416

Median household income

$51,563$45,333

Median home value

$116,700$139,200

Median gross rent

$680$1,076

Fairlee

Population

207100

Median household income

$51,711$60,250

Median home value

$191,700$266,200

Median gross rent

$778$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Fairlee
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	7.0%
45 to 54	10.1%	33.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	31.0%
75 and over	17.1%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Fairlee
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	96.0%
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%	4.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Fairlee
No high school diploma	8.3%	7.4%
High school graduate	38.0%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	46.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	21.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Fairlee
Drove alone	60.4%	86.0%
Carpooled	25.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Fairlee
1-unit, detached	78.8%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	40.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Fairlee
Poverty rate	21.4%	24.0%
Average household size	2.23	1.43
Mean commute (minutes)	32	14
Median year structure built	1938	1969