Bellows Falls vs Westminster

A side-by-side comparison of Bellows Falls and Westminster: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellows Falls has the higher population (2,851 vs 622 in Westminster). Westminster has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $54,836 in Bellows Falls). Westminster has the higher median home value ($285,300 vs $176,000 in Bellows Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Bellows Falls	Westminster
Population	2,851	622
Median age	41.8 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,836	$90,938
Median home value	$176,000	$285,300
Median gross rent	$1,071	$915
Housing units	1,571	178
Homeownership rate	51.3%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellows Falls	Westminster
Population	3,007 → 2,851 (-5.2%)	306 → 622 (+103.3%)
Median household income	$33,286 → $54,836 (+64.7%)	$61,042 → $90,938 (+49.0%)
Median home value	$131,200 → $176,000 (+34.1%)	$215,300 → $285,300 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,071 (+37.7%)	$871 → $915 (+5.1%)

Bellows Falls

Population

3,0072,851

Median household income

$33,286$54,836

Median home value

$131,200$176,000

Median gross rent

$778$1,071

Westminster

Population

306622

Median household income

$61,042$90,938

Median home value

$215,300$285,300

Median gross rent

$871$915

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellows Falls	Westminster
Under 5	6.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	31.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	11.9%
75 and over	7.4%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellows Falls	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellows Falls	Westminster
No high school diploma	2.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	33.4%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellows Falls	Westminster
Drove alone	76.5%	66.8%
Carpooled	12.2%	3.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	30.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellows Falls	Westminster
1-unit, detached	50.6%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	38.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	4.5%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Bellows Falls	Westminster
Poverty rate	19.1%	0.3%
Average household size	2.14	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	19	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938