Graniteville vs Waitsfield

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

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

Graniteville has the higher population (362 vs 166 in Waitsfield). Graniteville has the higher median household income ($36,349 vs $23,068 in Waitsfield). Waitsfield has the higher median home value ($460,000 vs $140,900 in Graniteville).

Population, income & housing

	Graniteville	Waitsfield
Population	362	166
Median age	33.0 yrs	67.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,349	$23,068
Median home value	$140,900	$460,000
Median gross rent	$1,087	—
Housing units	305	142
Homeownership rate	25.8%	29.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	82.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graniteville	Waitsfield
Population	865 → 362 (-58.2%)	146 → 166 (+13.7%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $36,349 (-32.4%)	$31,493 → $23,068 (-26.8%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $140,900 (+21.3%)	$350,000 → $460,000 (+31.4%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,087 (+20.0%)	$1,089 → $818 (-24.9%)

Graniteville

Population

865362

Median household income

$53,750$36,349

Median home value

$116,200$140,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,087

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)

	Graniteville	Waitsfield
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	2.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.2%
25 to 34	30.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	8.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	29.3%	19.9%
65 to 74	3.6%	12.7%
75 and over	6.4%	49.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graniteville	Waitsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	83.7%
Black or African American	27.9%	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	0.0%	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+

	Graniteville	Waitsfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	48.3%	5.3%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	47.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	34.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graniteville	Waitsfield
Drove alone	94.4%	67.3%
Carpooled	5.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	21.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graniteville	Waitsfield
1-unit, detached	32.8%	26.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	15.5%
2 to 4 units	42.3%	14.1%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	24.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Graniteville	Waitsfield
Poverty rate	8.3%	9.0%
Average household size	1.58	1.36
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1938	1972