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Wells River, VT

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Wells River, VT: 1 USPS ZIP, population 550. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet WELLS-RIVER-VT · Wells River, VT 1 ZIPs · 550 pop · #19703/25278 · Orange County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $55,804
  • RANK-LOWER #19703/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Chelsea
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 66% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 550
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $275,000

Nearest income peer: Chelsea, VT (+ $6,196 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Wells River

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Wells River on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Wells River, VT sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

22nd pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
550
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$55,804
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($55,804 average) · poverty 29.4%. The primary code (05081) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (66.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Wells River as a pure owner town.

Within Vermont, Windsor is the closest lower-income city and Canaan the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Wells River.

Population concentration

Wells River reads through its lone ZIP, 05081

550 ACS residents, one ZIP: 05081 is not the leading code inside Wells River, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Wells River's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 27 establishments, 243 employees , annual payroll $13,632k (~49 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 05081 (27 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (4) · also Construction · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Wells River, VT

These ZIP codes sit in Orange County, which covers 24 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Wells River. See the Orange County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Orange County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Wells River, Randolph, Williamstown and Bradford among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Brookfield marks the far end of that range at $109,612, 96% above Wells River.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
05081 550 $55,804 27 23
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Wells River roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Wells River, .