Fairlee vs Williamstown

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

Fairlee 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 100 in Fairlee). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $60,250 in Fairlee). Fairlee has the higher median home value ($266,200 vs $182,200 in Williamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Fairlee	Williamstown
Population	100	1,622
Median age	58.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,250	$90,938
Median home value	$266,200	$182,200
Median gross rent	$993	$1,732
Housing units	70	641
Homeownership rate	44.3%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.5%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairlee	Williamstown
Population	207 → 100 (-51.7%)	1,017 → 1,622 (+59.5%)
Median household income	$51,711 → $60,250 (+16.5%)	$61,005 → $90,938 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$191,700 → $266,200 (+38.9%)	$136,800 → $182,200 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $993 (+27.6%)	$835 → $1,732 (+107.4%)

Fairlee

Population

207100

Median household income

$51,711$60,250

Median home value

$191,700$266,200

Median gross rent

$778$993

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)

	Fairlee	Williamstown
Under 5	0.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.8%
35 to 44	7.0%	18.7%
45 to 54	33.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	31.0%	7.5%
75 and over	8.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

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

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairlee	Williamstown
No high school diploma	7.4%	11.3%
High school graduate	21.3%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairlee	Williamstown
Drove alone	86.0%	88.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairlee	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	60.0%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	40.0%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Fairlee	Williamstown
Poverty rate	24.0%	11.0%
Average household size	1.43	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	14	21
Median year structure built	1969	1984