Newbury vs Williamstown

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

Newbury 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 381 in Newbury). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $62,679 in Newbury). Newbury has the higher median home value ($261,000 vs $182,200 in Williamstown).

Population, income & housing

	Newbury	Williamstown
Population	381	1,622
Median age	58.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,679	$90,938
Median home value	$261,000	$182,200
Median gross rent	$697	$1,732
Housing units	194	641
Homeownership rate	74.6%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.7%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newbury	Williamstown
Population	381 → 381 (+0.0%)	1,017 → 1,622 (+59.5%)
Median household income	$52,000 → $62,679 (+20.5%)	$61,005 → $90,938 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$170,100 → $261,000 (+53.4%)	$136,800 → $182,200 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$720 → $697 (-3.2%)	$835 → $1,732 (+107.4%)

Newbury

Population

381381

Median household income

$52,000$62,679

Median home value

$170,100$261,000

Median gross rent

$720$697

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)

	Newbury	Williamstown
Under 5	4.2%	3.0%
5 to 17	8.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	13.8%
35 to 44	10.2%	18.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	24.4%	9.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	7.5%
75 and over	18.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newbury	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	95.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	3.1%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newbury	Williamstown
No high school diploma	7.0%	11.3%
High school graduate	22.0%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newbury	Williamstown
Drove alone	76.2%	88.5%
Carpooled	3.4%	0.7%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.0%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newbury	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	71.1%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.7%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Newbury	Williamstown
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.10	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1938	1984