Pawlet vs Wallingford

A side-by-side comparison of Pawlet and Wallingford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wallingford has the higher population (680 vs 306 in Pawlet). Wallingford has the higher median household income ($79,750 vs $53,000 in Pawlet). Pawlet has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $262,900 in Wallingford).

Population, income & housing

	Pawlet	Wallingford
Population	306	680
Median age	57.0 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$53,000	$79,750
Median home value	$275,000	$262,900
Median gross rent	$1,489	$919
Housing units	149	332
Homeownership rate	77.2%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawlet	Wallingford
Population	219 → 306 (+39.7%)	907 → 680 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $53,000 (+69.6%)	$75,737 → $79,750 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $275,000 (+49.6%)	$152,700 → $262,900 (+72.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,489 (+13.4%)	$940 → $919 (-2.2%)

Pawlet

Population

219306

Median household income

$31,250$53,000

Median home value

$183,800$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,489

Wallingford

Population

907680

Median household income

$75,737$79,750

Median home value

$152,700$262,900

Median gross rent

$940$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pawlet	Wallingford
Under 5	2.9%	8.7%
5 to 17	16.7%	6.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.4%
25 to 34	24.5%	17.8%
35 to 44	3.9%	9.0%
45 to 54	1.0%	23.8%
55 to 64	18.6%	18.1%
65 to 74	17.0%	10.1%
75 and over	15.4%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawlet	Wallingford
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawlet	Wallingford
No high school diploma	2.8%	14.9%
High school graduate	45.9%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawlet	Wallingford
Drove alone	63.8%	98.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.9%	1.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawlet	Wallingford
1-unit, detached	87.2%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Pawlet	Wallingford
Poverty rate	13.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	58	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938