Vermont · Census place 85150
Winooski, VT population, income and ZIP codes
Quick answer
The population of the city of Winooski, Vermont (Winooski, VT — Census place “Winooski city”) is 8,198 residents, ranking #7 of 179 places in Vermont. Median household income is $77,020, the median home is worth $350,700 and median gross rent runs $1,635 a month. Looking for the Winooski Vermont ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Winooski, VT: 05404.
- Population
- 8,198Winooski city residents
- Median household income
- $77,020Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $350,700Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,635Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32.7 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 38.2%Owner-occupied households
Winooski ZIP codes (Vermont)
Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Winooski.
The Winooski VT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.
What the numbers mean in Winooski city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Winooski city median would spend about 25.5% 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 4.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 14.3% of residents and 38.2% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Winooski city, VT in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Winooski city is a mid-size town in Vermont, with 8,198 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #7 of 179 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 32.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.
Households in Winooski city earn a median of $77,020 a year, 1.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 17% above the $65,898 median for the 48 Vermont cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 14.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Winooski city is valued at $350,700, 15.6% above the national figure and 43% above the $245,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,635 a month, 16.3% above the national figure, or roughly $19,620 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 38.2% 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.
Compare with nearby places
Places of similar size in Vermont.
- Montpelier city 8,038
- Barre city 8,461
- Brattleboro CDP 7,793
- Bennington CDP 8,888
- Middlebury CDP 7,145
- Essex Junction city 10,720
- St. Albans city 6,910
- Rutland city 15,747
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Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Winooski city?
- Winooski city has 8,198 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #7 of 179 in Vermont.
- What is the median household income in Winooski city?
- Median household income in Winooski city is $77,020 a year, 1.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Winooski city?
- Median gross rent is $1,635 a month and the median home value is $350,700, so rent absorbs about 25.5% of median household income.
- Is Winooski city affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Winooski city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 25.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Winooski city data?
- All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.