Bellows Falls vs Wilmington

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

Bellows Falls and Wilmington 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 370 in Wilmington). Wilmington has the higher median household income ($54,861 vs $54,836 in Bellows Falls). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($290,400 vs $176,000 in Bellows Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Bellows Falls	Wilmington
Population	2,851	370
Median age	41.8 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$54,836	$54,861
Median home value	$176,000	$290,400
Median gross rent	$1,071	$967
Housing units	1,571	284
Homeownership rate	51.3%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellows Falls	Wilmington
Population	3,007 → 2,851 (-5.2%)	355 → 370 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$33,286 → $54,836 (+64.7%)	$34,286 → $54,861 (+60.0%)
Median home value	$131,200 → $176,000 (+34.1%)	$190,000 → $290,400 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $1,071 (+37.7%)	$1,005 → $967 (-3.8%)

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

Wilmington

Population

355370

Median household income

$34,286$54,861

Median home value

$190,000$290,400

Median gross rent

$1,005$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellows Falls	Wilmington
Under 5	6.2%	15.9%
5 to 17	13.6%	1.4%
18 to 24	9.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	18.4%
35 to 44	10.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	17.9%	17.8%
65 to 74	13.4%	10.5%
75 and over	7.4%	21.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellows Falls	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	87.9%	97.6%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellows Falls	Wilmington
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.6%
High school graduate	33.4%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellows Falls	Wilmington
Drove alone	76.5%	62.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	12.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	11.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	12.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellows Falls	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	50.6%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	38.6%	33.1%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	34.5%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellows Falls	Wilmington
Poverty rate	19.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.14	1.47
Mean commute (minutes)	19	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938