Cabot vs Waitsfield

A side-by-side comparison of Cabot and Waitsfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cabot has the higher population (219 vs 166 in Waitsfield). Cabot has the higher median household income ($66,167 vs $23,068 in Waitsfield). Waitsfield has the higher median home value ($460,000 vs $181,300 in Cabot).

Population, income & housing

	Cabot	Waitsfield
Population	219	166
Median age	47.2 yrs	67.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,167	$23,068
Median home value	$181,300	$460,000
Housing units	122	142
Homeownership rate	73.0%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cabot	Waitsfield
Population	182 → 219 (+20.3%)	146 → 166 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$29,583 → $66,167 (+123.7%)	$31,493 → $23,068 (-26.8%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $181,300 (+45.0%)	$350,000 → $460,000 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $814 (+43.6%)	$1,089 → $818 (-24.9%)

Cabot

Population

182219

Median household income

$29,583$66,167

Median home value

$125,000$181,300

Median gross rent

$567$814

Waitsfield

Population

146166

Median household income

$31,493$23,068

Median home value

$350,000$460,000

Median gross rent

$1,089$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cabot	Waitsfield
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	2.4%
18 to 24	19.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	0.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	8.4%
45 to 54	28.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	1.8%	19.9%
65 to 74	16.0%	12.7%
75 and over	5.0%	49.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cabot	Waitsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cabot	Waitsfield
No high school diploma	7.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.0%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	47.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cabot	Waitsfield
Drove alone	42.3%	67.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	26.0%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.9%	21.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cabot	Waitsfield
1-unit, detached	78.7%	26.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	12.3%	24.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cabot	Waitsfield
Poverty rate	6.8%	9.0%
Average household size	2.19	1.36
Mean commute (minutes)	31	17
Median year structure built	1938	1972