Marshfield vs South Barre

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

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

South Barre has the higher population (1,259 vs 431 in Marshfield). Marshfield has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $78,162 in South Barre). South Barre has the higher median home value ($246,900 vs $169,300 in Marshfield).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	South Barre
Population	431	1,259
Median age	42.8 yrs	52.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$78,162
Median home value	$169,300	$246,900
Median gross rent	$1,136	$1,631
Housing units	138	711
Homeownership rate	83.7%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	South Barre
Population	284 → 431 (+51.8%)	1,105 → 1,259 (+13.9%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $81,875 (+33.7%)	$67,697 → $78,162 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $169,300 (+46.3%)	$172,300 → $246,900 (+43.3%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,136 (+45.6%)	$1,289 → $1,631 (+26.5%)

Marshfield

Population

284431

Median household income

$61,250$81,875

Median home value

$115,700$169,300

Median gross rent

$780$1,136

South Barre

Population

1,1051,259

Median household income

$67,697$78,162

Median home value

$172,300$246,900

Median gross rent

$1,289$1,631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshfield	South Barre
Under 5	2.8%	0.9%
5 to 17	16.2%	10.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	4.6%
35 to 44	17.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	30.4%	25.6%
55 to 64	6.3%	24.8%
65 to 74	3.2%	9.1%
75 and over	6.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	South Barre
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.4%
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	5.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	South Barre
No high school diploma	36.3%	4.5%
High school graduate	19.4%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	27.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	South Barre
Drove alone	61.0%	82.1%
Carpooled	19.5%	1.2%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	16.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	South Barre
1-unit, detached	69.6%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	19.3%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	South Barre
Poverty rate	4.4%	4.4%
Average household size	3.50	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1938	1969