Jacksonville vs Townshend

A side-by-side comparison of Jacksonville and Townshend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Townshend has the higher population (158 vs 152 in Jacksonville). Jacksonville has the higher median household income ($100,278 vs $38,295 in Townshend). Jacksonville has the higher median home value ($261,500 vs $245,800 in Townshend).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Townshend
Population	152	158
Median age	45.3 yrs	80.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,278	$38,295
Median home value	$261,500	$245,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,050
Housing units	87	97
Homeownership rate	100.0%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.6%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	17.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Townshend
Population	240 → 152 (-36.7%)	122 → 158 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $100,278 (+150.7%)	$33,523 → $38,295 (+14.2%)
Median home value	$185,200 → $261,500 (+41.2%)	$179,200 → $245,800 (+37.2%)
Median gross rent	$931 → $963 (+3.4%)	$950 → $1,050 (+10.5%)

Jacksonville

Population

240152

Median household income

$40,000$100,278

Median home value

$185,200$261,500

Median gross rent

$931$963

Townshend

Population

122158

Median household income

$33,523$38,295

Median home value

$179,200$245,800

Median gross rent

$950$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacksonville	Townshend
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	28.3%	2.5%
18 to 24	10.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	3.8%
45 to 54	23.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	19.7%	20.9%
65 to 74	2.6%	19.6%
75 and over	8.6%	53.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Townshend
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Townshend
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	51.6%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	10.8%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.0%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	29.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Townshend
Drove alone	94.4%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Townshend
1-unit, detached	83.9%	34.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	58.8%
Mobile home & other	9.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Townshend
Poverty rate	2.6%	6.9%
Average household size	2.92	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1938	2002