What is the population of Waterbury CDP?

Waterbury CDP has 1,728 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #33 of 179 in Vermont.

What is the median household income in Waterbury CDP?

Median household income in Waterbury CDP is $59,934 a year, 23.7% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Waterbury CDP?

Median gross rent is $984 a month and the median home value is $332,900, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.

Is Waterbury CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waterbury CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Waterbury, VT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Waterbury, Vermont (Waterbury, VT — Census place “Waterbury CDP”) is 1,728 residents, ranking #33 of 179 places in Vermont. Median household income is $59,934, the median home is worth $332,900 and median gross rent runs $984 a month. Looking for the Waterbury Vermont ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Waterbury, VT: 05676.

Population: 1,728Waterbury CDP residents
Median household income: $59,934Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $332,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $984Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.7 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 38.4%Owner-occupied households

Waterbury ZIP codes (Vermont)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Waterbury.

The Waterbury VT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

05676

What the numbers mean in Waterbury CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Waterbury CDP median would spend about 19.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.8% of residents and 38.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Waterbury CDP, VT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Waterbury CDP is a small town in Vermont, with 1,728 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #33 of 179 ranked by population — larger than 82% of them. The median age here is 40.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Waterbury CDP earn a median of $59,934 a year, 23.7% below the national figure of $78,538 and 9% below the $65,898 median for the 48 Vermont cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.8% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Waterbury CDP is valued at $332,900, 9.7% above the national figure and 36% above the $245,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $984 a month, 30% below the national figure, or roughly $11,808 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 38.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Waterbury CDP?: Waterbury CDP has 1,728 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #33 of 179 in Vermont.
What is the median household income in Waterbury CDP?: Median household income in Waterbury CDP is $59,934 a year, 23.7% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Waterbury CDP?: Median gross rent is $984 a month and the median home value is $332,900, so rent absorbs about 19.7% of median household income.
Is Waterbury CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Waterbury CDP is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Waterbury CDP data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.