Poultney vs Wallingford

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

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

Poultney has the higher population (1,105 vs 680 in Wallingford). Wallingford has the higher median household income ($79,750 vs $61,597 in Poultney). Wallingford has the higher median home value ($262,900 vs $175,000 in Poultney).

Population, income & housing

	Poultney	Wallingford
Population	1,105	680
Median age	28.0 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$61,597	$79,750
Median home value	$175,000	$262,900
Median gross rent	$833	$919
Housing units	460	332
Homeownership rate	56.7%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	8.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Poultney	Wallingford
Population	1,545 → 1,105 (-28.5%)	907 → 680 (-25.0%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $61,597 (+68.0%)	$75,737 → $79,750 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$135,100 → $175,000 (+29.5%)	$152,700 → $262,900 (+72.2%)
Median gross rent	$769 → $833 (+8.3%)	$940 → $919 (-2.2%)

Poultney

Population

1,5451,105

Median household income

$36,667$61,597

Median home value

$135,100$175,000

Median gross rent

$769$833

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)

	Poultney	Wallingford
Under 5	5.6%	8.7%
5 to 17	8.4%	6.0%
18 to 24	29.3%	2.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	23.8%
55 to 64	5.8%	18.1%
65 to 74	17.6%	10.1%
75 and over	4.5%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Poultney	Wallingford
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	89.7%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Poultney	Wallingford
No high school diploma	6.4%	14.9%
High school graduate	32.7%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Poultney	Wallingford
Drove alone	74.6%	98.5%
Carpooled	1.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	15.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.1%	1.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Poultney	Wallingford
1-unit, detached	51.7%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	38.5%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Poultney	Wallingford
Poverty rate	13.1%	5.4%
Average household size	2.07	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1938	1938