Marshfield vs Waterbury

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

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

Waterbury has the higher population (1,728 vs 431 in Marshfield). Marshfield has the higher median household income ($81,875 vs $59,934 in Waterbury). Waterbury has the higher median home value ($332,900 vs $169,300 in Marshfield).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	Waterbury
Population	431	1,728
Median age	42.8 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$59,934
Median home value	$169,300	$332,900
Median gross rent	$1,136	$984
Housing units	138	1,029
Homeownership rate	83.7%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	54.8%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	Waterbury
Population	284 → 431 (+51.8%)	1,841 → 1,728 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $81,875 (+33.7%)	$65,347 → $59,934 (-8.3%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $169,300 (+46.3%)	$257,000 → $332,900 (+29.5%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,136 (+45.6%)	$986 → $984 (-0.2%)

Marshfield

Population

284431

Median household income

$61,250$81,875

Median home value

$115,700$169,300

Median gross rent

$780$1,136

Waterbury

Population

1,8411,728

Median household income

$65,347$59,934

Median home value

$257,000$332,900

Median gross rent

$986$984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshfield	Waterbury
Under 5	2.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	18.8%
18 to 24	5.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	11.8%	19.5%
35 to 44	17.2%	17.9%
45 to 54	30.4%	6.9%
55 to 64	6.3%	10.5%
65 to 74	3.2%	10.2%
75 and over	6.5%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	Waterbury
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	5.6%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	Waterbury
No high school diploma	36.3%	0.5%
High school graduate	19.4%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	17.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	Waterbury
Drove alone	61.0%	72.4%
Carpooled	19.5%	2.5%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	16.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	Waterbury
1-unit, detached	69.6%	34.9%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	13.5%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	18.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	Waterbury
Poverty rate	4.4%	15.8%
Average household size	3.50	1.84
Mean commute (minutes)	29	23
Median year structure built	1938	1951