Wells River vs Williamstown

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

Wells River 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 339 in Wells River). Williamstown has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $40,556 in Wells River). Williamstown has the higher median home value ($182,200 vs $160,800 in Wells River).

Population, income & housing

	Wells River	Williamstown
Population	339	1,622
Median age	52.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$40,556	$90,938
Median home value	$160,800	$182,200
Median gross rent	$755	$1,732
Housing units	213	641
Homeownership rate	51.8%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	10.4%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wells River	Williamstown
Population	468 → 339 (-27.6%)	1,017 → 1,622 (+59.5%)
Median household income	$35,089 → $40,556 (+15.6%)	$61,005 → $90,938 (+49.1%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $160,800 (+2.9%)	$136,800 → $182,200 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $755 (+12.7%)	$835 → $1,732 (+107.4%)

Wells River

Population

468339

Median household income

$35,089$40,556

Median home value

$156,300$160,800

Median gross rent

$670$755

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)

	Wells River	Williamstown
Under 5	0.6%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.8%
25 to 34	11.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	7.7%	18.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	19.5%	9.1%
65 to 74	19.8%	7.5%
75 and over	7.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wells River	Williamstown
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wells River	Williamstown
No high school diploma	19.9%	11.3%
High school graduate	46.2%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	22.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wells River	Williamstown
Drove alone	68.0%	88.5%
Carpooled	18.0%	0.7%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wells River	Williamstown
1-unit, detached	59.6%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	22.5%	19.0%
5 to 19 units	15.5%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Wells River	Williamstown
Poverty rate	29.2%	11.0%
Average household size	2.02	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1938	1984