Chelsea vs Williamstown

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

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

Williamstown has the higher population (1,622 vs 416 in Chelsea). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $45,333 in Chelsea). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($182,200 vs $139,200 in Chelsea).

Population, income & housing

	Chelsea	Williamstown
Population	416	1,622
Median age	40.9 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,333	$90,938
Median home value	$139,200	$182,200
Median gross rent	$1,076	$1,732
Housing units	231	641
Homeownership rate	71.0%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.4%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chelsea	Williamstown
Population	475 → 416 (-12.4%)	1,017 → 1,622 (+59.5%)
Median household income	$51,563 → $45,333 (-12.1%)	$61,005 → $90,938 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$116,700 → $139,200 (+19.3%)	$136,800 → $182,200 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$680 → $1,076 (+58.2%)	$835 → $1,732 (+107.4%)

Chelsea

Population

475416

Median household income

$51,563$45,333

Median home value

$116,700$139,200

Median gross rent

$680$1,076

Williamstown

Population

1,0171,622

Median household income

$61,005$90,938

Median home value

$136,800$182,200

Median gross rent

$835$1,732

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chelsea	Williamstown
Under 5	2.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.0%	18.7%
45 to 54	10.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	10.1%	7.5%
75 and over	17.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chelsea	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	95.2%
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	4.8%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chelsea	Williamstown
No high school diploma	8.3%	11.3%
High school graduate	38.0%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chelsea	Williamstown
Drove alone	60.4%	88.5%
Carpooled	25.8%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chelsea	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	78.8%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	6.4%
20 or more units	4.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Chelsea	Williamstown
Poverty rate	21.4%	11.0%
Average household size	2.23	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	32	21
Median year structure built	1938	1984