Montpelier vs Northfield

A side-by-side comparison of Montpelier and Northfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Montpelier has the higher population (8,038 vs 4,165 in Northfield). Montpelier has the higher median household income ($79,175 vs $50,417 in Northfield). Montpelier has the higher median home value ($349,200 vs $233,700 in Northfield).

Population, income & housing

	Montpelier	Northfield
Population	8,038	4,165
Median age	43.4 yrs	26.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,175	$50,417
Median home value	$349,200	$233,700
Median gross rent	$1,169	$977
Housing units	4,005	1,314
Homeownership rate	54.6%	54.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.2%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Montpelier	Northfield
Population	7,477 → 8,038 (+7.5%)	2,125 → 4,165 (+96.0%)
Median household income	$65,078 → $79,175 (+21.7%)	$65,647 → $50,417 (-23.2%)
Median home value	$252,600 → $349,200 (+38.2%)	$150,900 → $233,700 (+54.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,021 → $1,169 (+14.5%)	$860 → $977 (+13.6%)

Montpelier

Population

7,4778,038

Median household income

$65,078$79,175

Median home value

$252,600$349,200

Median gross rent

$1,021$1,169

Northfield

Population

2,1254,165

Median household income

$65,647$50,417

Median home value

$150,900$233,700

Median gross rent

$860$977

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Montpelier	Northfield
Under 5	2.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	9.3%
18 to 24	6.5%	34.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	9.3%
45 to 54	14.9%	7.2%
55 to 64	9.0%	8.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	6.7%
75 and over	9.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Montpelier	Northfield
White (non-Hispanic)	87.7%	87.2%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Montpelier	Northfield
No high school diploma	2.3%	6.1%
High school graduate	15.7%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	34.8%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	31.4%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Montpelier	Northfield
Drove alone	56.5%	70.4%
Carpooled	4.3%	7.7%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	10.1%	9.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.1%	10.4%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Montpelier	Northfield
1-unit, detached	47.7%	48.9%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	25.6%
5 to 19 units	13.6%	11.1%
20 or more units	8.0%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	8.8%

Poverty & households

	Montpelier	Northfield
Poverty rate	7.3%	22.3%
Average household size	2.12	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1952	1938