Barre vs Montpelier

A side-by-side comparison of Barre and Montpelier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Barre has the higher population (8,461 vs 8,038 in Montpelier). Montpelier has the higher median household income ($79,175 vs $53,288 in Barre). Montpelier has the higher median home value ($349,200 vs $200,100 in Barre).

Population, income & housing

	Barre	Montpelier
Population	8,461	8,038
Median age	40.9 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,288	$79,175
Median home value	$200,100	$349,200
Median gross rent	$986	$1,169
Housing units	4,364	4,005
Homeownership rate	50.1%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	66.2%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barre	Montpelier
Population	8,646 → 8,461 (-2.1%)	7,477 → 8,038 (+7.5%)
Median household income	$38,142 → $53,288 (+39.7%)	$65,078 → $79,175 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$158,300 → $200,100 (+26.4%)	$252,600 → $349,200 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $986 (+33.4%)	$1,021 → $1,169 (+14.5%)

Barre

Population

8,6468,461

Median household income

$38,142$53,288

Median home value

$158,300$200,100

Median gross rent

$739$986

Montpelier

Population

7,4778,038

Median household income

$65,078$79,175

Median home value

$252,600$349,200

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,169

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barre	Montpelier
Under 5	4.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	12.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.5%
25 to 34	19.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	13.8%
45 to 54	6.8%	14.9%
55 to 64	22.8%	9.0%
65 to 74	10.7%	14.7%
75 and over	7.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barre	Montpelier
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	87.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barre	Montpelier
No high school diploma	8.3%	2.3%
High school graduate	34.6%	15.7%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	34.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	31.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barre	Montpelier
Drove alone	71.7%	56.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	4.3%
Public transit	1.9%	1.5%
Walked	6.1%	10.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	26.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barre	Montpelier
1-unit, detached	43.9%	47.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	29.3%	25.2%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	13.6%
20 or more units	7.9%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Barre	Montpelier
Poverty rate	19.3%	7.3%
Average household size	1.99	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	20	19
Median year structure built	1950	1952