Waitsfield vs Worcester

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

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

Waitsfield has the higher population (166 vs 113 in Worcester). Worcester has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $23,068 in Waitsfield). Waitsfield has the higher median home value ($460,000 vs $225,000 in Worcester).

Population, income & housing

	Waitsfield	Worcester
Population	166	113
Median age	67.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$23,068	$63,750
Median home value	$460,000	$225,000
Median gross rent	—	$839
Housing units	142	37
Homeownership rate	29.5%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.0%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	35.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waitsfield	Worcester
Population	146 → 166 (+13.7%)	53 → 113 (+113.2%)
Median household income	$31,493 → $23,068 (-26.8%)	$45,833 → $63,750 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$350,000 → $460,000 (+31.4%)	$193,800 → $225,000 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,089 → $818 (-24.9%)	$927 → $839 (-9.5%)

Waitsfield

Population

146166

Median household income

$31,493$23,068

Median home value

$350,000$460,000

Median gross rent

$1,089$818

Worcester

Population

53113

Median household income

$45,833$63,750

Median home value

$193,800$225,000

Median gross rent

$927$839

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Waitsfield	Worcester
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	2.4%	10.6%
18 to 24	7.2%	19.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.4%
35 to 44	8.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	0.0%	17.7%
55 to 64	19.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	10.6%
75 and over	49.4%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waitsfield	Worcester
White (non-Hispanic)	83.7%	98.2%
Black or African American	3.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waitsfield	Worcester
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.7%
High school graduate	5.3%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	12.7%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	47.3%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waitsfield	Worcester
Drove alone	67.3%	88.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waitsfield	Worcester
1-unit, detached	26.8%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	15.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	35.1%
5 to 19 units	24.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Waitsfield	Worcester
Poverty rate	9.0%	5.3%
Average household size	1.36	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	17	24
Median year structure built	1972	1943