Barre vs Northfield

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

Barre and Northfield 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 4,165 in Northfield). Barre has the higher median household income ($53,288 vs $50,417 in Northfield). Northfield has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $200,100 in Barre).

Population, income & housing

	Barre	Northfield
Population	8,461	4,165
Median age	40.9 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$53,288	$50,417
Median home value	$200,100	$233,700
Median gross rent	$986	$977
Housing units	4,364	1,314
Homeownership rate	50.1%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.7%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barre	Northfield
Population	8,646 → 8,461 (-2.1%)	2,125 → 4,165 (+96.0%)
Median household income	$38,142 → $53,288 (+39.7%)	$65,647 → $50,417 (-23.2%)
Median home value	$158,300 → $200,100 (+26.4%)	$150,900 → $233,700 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $986 (+33.4%)	$860 → $977 (+13.6%)

Barre

Population

8,6468,461

Median household income

$38,142$53,288

Median home value

$158,300$200,100

Median gross rent

$739$986

Northfield

Population

2,1254,165

Median household income

$65,647$50,417

Median home value

$150,900$233,700

Median gross rent

$860$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Barre	Northfield
Under 5	4.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	5.9%	34.6%
25 to 34	19.1%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.0%	9.3%
45 to 54	6.8%	7.2%
55 to 64	22.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.7%
75 and over	7.8%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barre	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	87.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barre	Northfield
No high school diploma	8.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	34.6%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barre	Northfield
Drove alone	71.7%	70.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.7%
Public transit	1.9%	0.0%
Walked	6.1%	9.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barre	Northfield
1-unit, detached	43.9%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	29.3%	25.6%
5 to 19 units	16.7%	11.1%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Barre	Northfield
Poverty rate	19.3%	22.3%
Average household size	1.99	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1950	1938