Poultney vs Proctor

A side-by-side comparison of Poultney and Proctor: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Proctor has the higher population (1,568 vs 1,105 in Poultney). Proctor has the higher median household income ($65,375 vs $61,597 in Poultney). Proctor has the higher median home value ($196,100 vs $175,000 in Poultney).

Population, income & housing

	Poultney	Proctor
Population	1,105	1,568
Median age	28.0 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,597	$65,375
Median home value	$175,000	$196,100
Median gross rent	$833	$1,010
Housing units	460	685
Homeownership rate	56.7%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poultney	Proctor
Population	1,545 → 1,105 (-28.5%)	1,386 → 1,568 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $61,597 (+68.0%)	$67,273 → $65,375 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$135,100 → $175,000 (+29.5%)	$164,700 → $196,100 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $833 (+8.3%)	$972 → $1,010 (+3.9%)

Poultney

Population

1,5451,105

Median household income

$36,667$61,597

Median home value

$135,100$175,000

Median gross rent

$769$833

Proctor

Population

1,3861,568

Median household income

$67,273$65,375

Median home value

$164,700$196,100

Median gross rent

$972$1,010

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poultney	Proctor
Under 5	5.6%	3.5%
5 to 17	8.4%	16.1%
18 to 24	29.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	11.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.5%
55 to 64	5.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	17.6%	14.9%
75 and over	4.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poultney	Proctor
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poultney	Proctor
No high school diploma	6.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poultney	Proctor
Drove alone	74.6%	83.1%
Carpooled	1.8%	5.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.7%
Walked	15.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	8.7%
Other means	1.8%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poultney	Proctor
1-unit, detached	51.7%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Poultney	Proctor
Poverty rate	13.1%	9.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1938	1938