Randolph vs Wells River

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

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

Randolph has the higher population (1,946 vs 339 in Wells River). Randolph has the higher median household income ($59,203 vs $40,556 in Wells River). Randolph has the higher median home value ($225,800 vs $160,800 in Wells River).

Population, income & housing

	Randolph	Wells River
Population	1,946	339
Median age	49.6 yrs	52.4 yrs
Median household income	$59,203	$40,556
Median home value	$225,800	$160,800
Median gross rent	$961	$755
Housing units	1,042	213
Homeownership rate	50.1%	51.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Randolph	Wells River
Population	2,158 → 1,946 (-9.8%)	468 → 339 (-27.6%)
Median household income	$48,636 → $59,203 (+21.7%)	$35,089 → $40,556 (+15.6%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $225,800 (+30.4%)	$156,300 → $160,800 (+2.9%)
Median gross rent	$770 → $961 (+24.8%)	$670 → $755 (+12.7%)

Randolph

Population

2,1581,946

Median household income

$48,636$59,203

Median home value

$173,200$225,800

Median gross rent

$770$961

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)

	Randolph	Wells River
Under 5	3.8%	0.6%
5 to 17	11.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	12.3%	4.7%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	7.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	13.0%
55 to 64	17.6%	19.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	19.8%
75 and over	10.7%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Randolph	Wells River
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	6.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Randolph	Wells River
No high school diploma	1.2%	19.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	21.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Randolph	Wells River
Drove alone	72.7%	68.0%
Carpooled	1.4%	18.0%
Public transit	1.6%	2.3%
Walked	6.5%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Randolph	Wells River
1-unit, detached	57.3%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	26.2%	22.5%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	15.5%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Randolph	Wells River
Poverty rate	19.0%	29.2%
Average household size	1.91	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	20	33
Median year structure built	1938	1938