Putney vs Wilmington

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

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

Putney has the higher population (394 vs 370 in Wilmington). Putney has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $54,861 in Wilmington). Wilmington has the higher median home value ($290,400 vs $262,900 in Putney).

Population, income & housing

	Putney	Wilmington
Population	394	370
Median age	51.5 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$54,861
Median home value	$262,900	$290,400
Median gross rent	$808	$967
Housing units	220	284
Homeownership rate	44.8%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%	57.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Putney	Wilmington
Population	455 → 394 (-13.4%)	355 → 370 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$30,417 → $63,750 (+109.6%)	$34,286 → $54,861 (+60.0%)
Median home value	$223,000 → $262,900 (+17.9%)	$190,000 → $290,400 (+52.8%)
Median gross rent	$883 → $808 (-8.5%)	$1,005 → $967 (-3.8%)

Putney

Population

455394

Median household income

$30,417$63,750

Median home value

$223,000$262,900

Median gross rent

$883$808

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)

	Putney	Wilmington
Under 5	4.1%	15.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	1.4%
18 to 24	1.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.1%	18.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	14.7%	17.8%
65 to 74	19.8%	10.5%
75 and over	14.0%	21.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Putney	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	97.6%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Putney	Wilmington
No high school diploma	10.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	28.2%	6.9%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Putney	Wilmington
Drove alone	91.4%	62.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Putney	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	35.5%	31.0%
1-unit, attached	15.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	33.1%
5 to 19 units	24.5%	34.5%
20 or more units	18.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Putney	Wilmington
Poverty rate	18.4%	6.2%
Average household size	1.92	1.47
Mean commute (minutes)	11	21
Median year structure built	1938	1938