Derby Center vs Derby Line

A side-by-side comparison of Derby Center and Derby Line: population, income, housing, and more.

Derby Center and Derby Line are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Derby Line has the higher population (860 vs 684 in Derby Center). Derby Line has the higher median household income ($69,000 vs $55,625 in Derby Center). Derby Center has the higher median home value ($203,800 vs $180,600 in Derby Line).

Population, income & housing

	Derby Center	Derby Line
Population	684	860
Median age	52.0 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,625	$69,000
Median home value	$203,800	$180,600
Median gross rent	$1,096	$959
Housing units	341	423
Homeownership rate	48.7%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.1%	39.6%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby Center	Derby Line
Population	565 → 684 (+21.1%)	777 → 860 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$37,891 → $55,625 (+46.8%)	$55,625 → $69,000 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$163,200 → $203,800 (+24.9%)	$143,900 → $180,600 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$880 → $1,096 (+24.5%)	$771 → $959 (+24.4%)

Derby Center

Population

565684

Median household income

$37,891$55,625

Median home value

$163,200$203,800

Median gross rent

$880$1,096

Derby Line

Population

777860

Median household income

$55,625$69,000

Median home value

$143,900$180,600

Median gross rent

$771$959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derby Center	Derby Line
Under 5	1.6%	9.2%
5 to 17	19.2%	17.7%
18 to 24	5.8%	2.1%
25 to 34	2.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	21.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	17.8%	7.3%
75 and over	9.9%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby Center	Derby Line
White (non-Hispanic)	98.7%	95.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.3%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby Center	Derby Line
No high school diploma	12.0%	8.0%
High school graduate	51.6%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby Center	Derby Line
Drove alone	86.5%	79.5%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby Center	Derby Line
1-unit, detached	59.5%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	2.8%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Derby Center	Derby Line
Poverty rate	14.7%	5.7%
Average household size	2.13	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	21
Median year structure built	1973	1951