Poultney vs Rutland

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

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

Rutland has the higher population (15,747 vs 1,105 in Poultney). Poultney has the higher median household income ($61,597 vs $55,000 in Rutland). Rutland has the higher median home value ($176,400 vs $175,000 in Poultney).

Population, income & housing

	Poultney	Rutland
Population	1,105	15,747
Median age	28.0 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,597	$55,000
Median home value	$175,000	$176,400
Median gross rent	$833	$942
Housing units	460	8,445
Homeownership rate	56.7%	52.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poultney	Rutland
Population	1,545 → 1,105 (-28.5%)	15,398 → 15,747 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $61,597 (+68.0%)	$48,212 → $55,000 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$135,100 → $175,000 (+29.5%)	$153,300 → $176,400 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $833 (+8.3%)	$780 → $942 (+20.8%)

Poultney

Population

1,5451,105

Median household income

$36,667$61,597

Median home value

$135,100$175,000

Median gross rent

$769$833

Rutland

Population

15,39815,747

Median household income

$48,212$55,000

Median home value

$153,300$176,400

Median gross rent

$780$942

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Poultney	Rutland
Under 5	5.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	8.4%	11.3%
18 to 24	29.3%	6.8%
25 to 34	11.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.6%	13.5%
55 to 64	5.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	17.6%	14.5%
75 and over	4.5%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poultney	Rutland
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poultney	Rutland
No high school diploma	6.4%	8.5%
High school graduate	32.7%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poultney	Rutland
Drove alone	74.6%	80.6%
Carpooled	1.8%	8.4%
Public transit	0.8%	1.1%
Walked	15.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.1%	6.9%
Other means	1.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poultney	Rutland
1-unit, detached	51.7%	48.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	29.5%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Poultney	Rutland
Poverty rate	13.1%	15.3%
Average household size	2.07	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	28	15
Median year structure built	1938	1938