Townshend vs Whitingham

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

Townshend and Whitingham 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 147 in Whitingham). Whitingham has the higher median household income ($87,679 vs $38,295 in Townshend). Townshend has the higher median home value ($245,800 vs $222,200 in Whitingham).

Population, income & housing

	Townshend	Whitingham
Population	158	147
Median age	80.1 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$38,295	$87,679
Median home value	$245,800	$222,200
Median gross rent	$1,050	—
Housing units	97	61
Homeownership rate	40.7%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.9%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Townshend	Whitingham
Population	122 → 158 (+29.5%)	127 → 147 (+15.7%)
Median household income	$33,523 → $38,295 (+14.2%)	$50,714 → $87,679 (+72.9%)
Median home value	$179,200 → $245,800 (+37.2%)	$160,700 → $222,200 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $1,050 (+10.5%)	—

Townshend

Population

122158

Median household income

$33,523$38,295

Median home value

$179,200$245,800

Median gross rent

$950$1,050

Whitingham

Population

127147

Median household income

$50,714$87,679

Median home value

$160,700$222,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Townshend	Whitingham
Under 5	0.0%	9.5%
5 to 17	2.5%	32.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.8%	29.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	20.9%	5.4%
65 to 74	19.6%	22.4%
75 and over	53.2%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Townshend	Whitingham
White (non-Hispanic)	98.1%	97.3%
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	1.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Townshend	Whitingham
No high school diploma	7.1%	3.5%
High school graduate	32.5%	48.2%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.6%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.2%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Townshend	Whitingham
Drove alone	100.0%	89.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	6.8%
Worked from home	0.0%	3.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Townshend	Whitingham
1-unit, detached	34.0%	72.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	27.9%
20 or more units	58.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Townshend	Whitingham
Poverty rate	6.9%	2.7%
Average household size	1.60	2.88
Median year structure built	2002	1951