Waitsfield vs Waterbury Center

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

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

Waterbury Center has the higher population (228 vs 166 in Waitsfield). Waterbury Center has the higher median household income ($151,389 vs $23,068 in Waitsfield). Waitsfield has the higher median home value ($460,000 vs $292,500 in Waterbury Center).

Population, income & housing

	Waitsfield	Waterbury Center
Population	166	228
Median age	67.9 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$23,068	$151,389
Median home value	$460,000	$292,500
Housing units	142	223
Homeownership rate	29.5%	64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.0%	49.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waitsfield	Waterbury Center
Population	146 → 166 (+13.7%)	211 → 228 (+8.1%)
Median household income	$31,493 → $23,068 (-26.8%)	$80,313 → $151,389 (+88.5%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $460,000 (+31.4%)	$237,500 → $292,500 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,089 → $818 (-24.9%)	—

Waitsfield

Population

146166

Median household income

$31,493$23,068

Median home value

$350,000$460,000

Median gross rent

$1,089$818

Waterbury Center

Population

211228

Median household income

$80,313$151,389

Median home value

$237,500$292,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waitsfield	Waterbury Center
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.4%	9.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	8.4%	7.5%
45 to 54	0.0%	44.3%
55 to 64	19.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.3%
75 and over	49.4%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waitsfield	Waterbury Center
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	90.4%
Black or African American	3.6%	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	6.0%	9.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waitsfield	Waterbury Center
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.4%
High school graduate	5.3%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	24.3%
Bachelor's degree	47.3%	49.0%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waitsfield	Waterbury Center
Drove alone	67.3%	54.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	16.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	28.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waitsfield	Waterbury Center
1-unit, detached	26.8%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	15.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	24.6%	16.6%
20 or more units	19.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Waitsfield	Waterbury Center
Poverty rate	9.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.36	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	17	—
Median year structure built	1972	1938