Graniteville vs Waterbury Center

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

Graniteville and Waterbury Center 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 228 in Waterbury Center). Waterbury Center has the higher median household income ($151,389 vs $36,349 in Graniteville). Waterbury Center has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $140,900 in Graniteville).

Population, income & housing

	Graniteville	Waterbury Center
Population	362	228
Median age	33.0 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$36,349	$151,389
Median home value	$140,900	$292,500
Median gross rent	$1,087	—
Housing units	305	223
Homeownership rate	25.8%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graniteville	Waterbury Center
Population	865 → 362 (-58.2%)	211 → 228 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $36,349 (-32.4%)	$80,313 → $151,389 (+88.5%)
Median home value	$116,200 → $140,900 (+21.3%)	$237,500 → $292,500 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $1,087 (+20.0%)	—

Graniteville

Population

865362

Median household income

$53,750$36,349

Median home value

$116,200$140,900

Median gross rent

$906$1,087

Waterbury Center

Population

211228

Median household income

$80,313$151,389

Median home value

$237,500$292,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graniteville	Waterbury Center
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.6%	9.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	30.9%	16.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	7.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	44.3%
55 to 64	29.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	3.6%	12.3%
75 and over	6.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graniteville	Waterbury Center
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	90.4%
Black or African American	27.9%	0.0%
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%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graniteville	Waterbury Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.4%
High school graduate	48.3%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	14.8%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	49.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graniteville	Waterbury Center
Drove alone	94.4%	54.5%
Carpooled	5.6%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	28.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graniteville	Waterbury Center
1-unit, detached	32.8%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	42.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Graniteville	Waterbury Center
Poverty rate	8.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.58	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	16	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938