With 1,753 people, Waterbury is a city in Vermont. Owners hold 42% of the housing stock. This is an unusually credentialed place: 53% of adults have a four-year degree. 0% of people here were born outside the United States. That trails the Vermont median by roughly 33%. Renters pay $866 a month at the median.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $54,273, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.6
US median: 38.9
More educated
53% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 106%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Waterbury
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree19.6% → 52.6%(+33.0 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
White share98.8% → 94.8%(−4.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Poverty rate7.7% → 13.7%(+6.0 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Waterbury's population equals 2.9% of Washington County's. Its number of households without a car equals 9.1% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 4.6% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)0%(0)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era27.4%(17)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War24.2%(15)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 62 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Waterbury, decade by decade
Waterbury population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,702
$63,107
$204,486
19.6%
2.9
2000
1,706
$67,798
$181,801
31.3%
7.7
2010
1,763
$66,810
$338,064
38.8%
11.7
2020
1,897
$71,280
$308,828
46.6%
23.4
2024
1,753
$54,273
$375,400
52.6%
12.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
