Waterbury Center vs Worcester

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

Waterbury Center and Worcester 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 113 in Worcester). Waterbury Center has the higher median household income ($151,389 vs $63,750 in Worcester). Waterbury Center has the higher median home value ($292,500 vs $225,000 in Worcester).

Population, income & housing

	Waterbury Center	Worcester
Population	228	113
Median age	48.4 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$151,389	$63,750
Median home value	$292,500	$225,000
Median gross rent	—	$839
Housing units	223	37
Homeownership rate	64.2%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.0%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	35.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Waterbury Center	Worcester
Population	211 → 228 (+8.1%)	53 → 113 (+113.2%)
Median household income	$80,313 → $151,389 (+88.5%)	$45,833 → $63,750 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $292,500 (+23.2%)	$193,800 → $225,000 (+16.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$927 → $839 (-9.5%)

Waterbury Center

Population

211228

Median household income

$80,313$151,389

Median home value

$237,500$292,500

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)

	Waterbury Center	Worcester
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	9.6%	10.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	19.5%
25 to 34	16.7%	20.4%
35 to 44	7.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	44.3%	17.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.3%	10.6%
75 and over	9.6%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Waterbury Center	Worcester
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	98.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	9.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Waterbury Center	Worcester
No high school diploma	18.4%	9.7%
High school graduate	8.3%	4.2%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	49.0%	26.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Waterbury Center	Worcester
Drove alone	54.5%	88.9%
Carpooled	16.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.7%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Waterbury Center	Worcester
1-unit, detached	83.4%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	35.1%
5 to 19 units	16.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Waterbury Center	Worcester
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.15	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	24
Median year structure built	1938	1943