Marshfield vs Waterbury Center

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

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

Marshfield has the higher population (431 vs 228 in Waterbury Center). Waterbury Center has the higher median household income ($151,389 vs $81,875 in Marshfield). Waterbury Center has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $169,300 in Marshfield).

Population, income & housing

	Marshfield	Waterbury Center
Population	431	228
Median age	42.8 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$151,389
Median home value	$169,300	$292,500
Median gross rent	$1,136	—
Housing units	138	223
Homeownership rate	83.7%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marshfield	Waterbury Center
Population	284 → 431 (+51.8%)	211 → 228 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $81,875 (+33.7%)	$80,313 → $151,389 (+88.5%)
Median home value	$115,700 → $169,300 (+46.3%)	$237,500 → $292,500 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$780 → $1,136 (+45.6%)	—

Marshfield

Population

284431

Median household income

$61,250$81,875

Median home value

$115,700$169,300

Median gross rent

$780$1,136

Waterbury Center

Population

211228

Median household income

$80,313$151,389

Median home value

$237,500$292,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marshfield	Waterbury Center
Under 5	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.2%	9.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	16.7%
35 to 44	17.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	30.4%	44.3%
55 to 64	6.3%	0.0%
65 to 74	3.2%	12.3%
75 and over	6.5%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marshfield	Waterbury Center
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	90.4%
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%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marshfield	Waterbury Center
No high school diploma	36.3%	18.4%
High school graduate	19.4%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	49.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marshfield	Waterbury Center
Drove alone	61.0%	54.5%
Carpooled	19.5%	16.8%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	28.7%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marshfield	Waterbury Center
1-unit, detached	69.6%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marshfield	Waterbury Center
Poverty rate	4.4%	0.0%
Average household size	3.50	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1938	1938