Newbury vs Wells River

A side-by-side comparison of Newbury and Wells River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Newbury has the higher population (381 vs 339 in Wells River). Newbury has the higher median household income ($62,679 vs $40,556 in Wells River). Newbury has the higher median home value ($261,000 vs $160,800 in Wells River).

Population, income & housing

	Newbury	Wells River
Population	381	339
Median age	58.5 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,679	$40,556
Median home value	$261,000	$160,800
Median gross rent	$697	$755
Housing units	194	213
Homeownership rate	74.6%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newbury	Wells River
Population	381 → 381 (+0.0%)	468 → 339 (-27.6%)
Median household income	$52,000 → $62,679 (+20.5%)	$35,089 → $40,556 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $261,000 (+53.4%)	$156,300 → $160,800 (+2.9%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $697 (-3.2%)	$670 → $755 (+12.7%)

Newbury

Population

381381

Median household income

$52,000$62,679

Median home value

$170,100$261,000

Median gross rent

$720$697

Wells River

Population

468339

Median household income

$35,089$40,556

Median home value

$156,300$160,800

Median gross rent

$670$755

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newbury	Wells River
Under 5	4.2%	0.6%
5 to 17	8.9%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	6.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	7.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	13.0%
55 to 64	24.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.9%	19.8%
75 and over	18.4%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newbury	Wells River
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	80.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newbury	Wells River
No high school diploma	7.0%	19.9%
High school graduate	22.0%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newbury	Wells River
Drove alone	76.2%	68.0%
Carpooled	3.4%	18.0%
Public transit	3.4%	2.3%
Walked	0.0%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newbury	Wells River
1-unit, detached	71.1%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	22.5%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	15.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Newbury	Wells River
Poverty rate	11.8%	29.2%
Average household size	2.10	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938