Putney vs Westminster

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

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

Westminster has the higher population (622 vs 394 in Putney). Westminster has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $63,750 in Putney). Westminster has the higher median home value ($285,300 vs $262,900 in Putney).

Population, income & housing

	Putney	Westminster
Population	394	622
Median age	51.5 yrs	32.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$90,938
Median home value	$262,900	$285,300
Median gross rent	$808	$915
Housing units	220	178
Homeownership rate	44.8%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%	47.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Putney	Westminster
Population	455 → 394 (-13.4%)	306 → 622 (+103.3%)
Median household income	$30,417 → $63,750 (+109.6%)	$61,042 → $90,938 (+49.0%)
Median home value	$223,000 → $262,900 (+17.9%)	$215,300 → $285,300 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $808 (-8.5%)	$871 → $915 (+5.1%)

Putney

Population

455394

Median household income

$30,417$63,750

Median home value

$223,000$262,900

Median gross rent

$883$808

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)

	Putney	Westminster
Under 5	4.1%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	31.0%
18 to 24	1.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	5.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.7%	8.2%
65 to 74	19.8%	11.9%
75 and over	14.0%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Putney	Westminster
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	91.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.4%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Putney	Westminster
No high school diploma	10.1%	3.0%
High school graduate	28.2%	17.4%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Putney	Westminster
Drove alone	91.4%	66.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	30.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Putney	Westminster
1-unit, detached	35.5%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	24.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	18.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Putney	Westminster
Poverty rate	18.4%	0.3%
Average household size	1.92	3.68
Mean commute (minutes)	11	31
Median year structure built	1938	1938