Pawlet vs Wells

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

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

Wells has the higher population (423 vs 306 in Pawlet). Wells has the higher median household income ($73,750 vs $53,000 in Pawlet). Pawlet has the higher median home value ($275,000 vs $198,400 in Wells).

Population, income & housing

	Pawlet	Wells
Population	306	423
Median age	57.0 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,000	$73,750
Median home value	$275,000	$198,400
Median gross rent	$1,489	$1,208
Housing units	149	284
Homeownership rate	77.2%	82.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pawlet	Wells
Population	219 → 306 (+39.7%)	457 → 423 (-7.4%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $53,000 (+69.6%)	$71,477 → $73,750 (+3.2%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $275,000 (+49.6%)	$148,900 → $198,400 (+33.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,313 → $1,489 (+13.4%)	$867 → $1,208 (+39.3%)

Pawlet

Population

219306

Median household income

$31,250$53,000

Median home value

$183,800$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,313$1,489

Wells

Population

457423

Median household income

$71,477$73,750

Median home value

$148,900$198,400

Median gross rent

$867$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pawlet	Wells
Under 5	2.9%	11.6%
5 to 17	16.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	24.5%	36.2%
35 to 44	3.9%	1.9%
45 to 54	1.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	18.6%	13.9%
65 to 74	17.0%	17.0%
75 and over	15.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pawlet	Wells
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	87.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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	1.0%	12.5%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pawlet	Wells
No high school diploma	2.8%	10.4%
High school graduate	45.9%	15.9%
Some college or associate's	23.6%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pawlet	Wells
Drove alone	63.8%	92.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.9%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pawlet	Wells
1-unit, detached	87.2%	86.6%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Pawlet	Wells
Poverty rate	13.1%	14.7%
Average household size	2.25	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	58	60
Median year structure built	1938	1974