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Chelsea, Vermont: commercial real estate data.
Chelsea is a Census CDP of 416 people across 0.89 square miles of land, in Orange County. Median household income is $43,750, 66.7 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $108,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Chelsea
What Chelsea is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area0.89 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land468 plus or minus 143
- County holding the largest share of its areaOrange County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chelsea
How many people live in Chelsea
- Population416 plus or minus 127
- Median age54.5 plus or minus 17.4
- Population under 1868 plus or minus 46
- Share under 1816.3 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Population 65 and over144 plus or minus 57
- Share 65 and over34.6 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Households180 plus or minus 49
- Family households86 plus or minus 32
- Share of households that are families47.8 percent plus or minus 12.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chelsea
Income and work in Chelsea
- Median household income$43,750 plus or minus $14,959
- Per capita income$29,463 plus or minus $10,124
- Civilian labor force149 plus or minus 76
- Employed149 plus or minus 76
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over327 plus or minus 78
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher18.0 percent plus or minus 8.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree10.1 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chelsea
Housing in Chelsea
- Housing units224 plus or minus 58
- Occupied units180 plus or minus 49
- Vacant units44 plus or minus 41
- Vacancy rate19.6 percent plus or minus 17.6
- Owner occupied120 plus or minus 37
- Renter occupied60 plus or minus 39
- Ownership rate66.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$232,600 plus or minus $47,219
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,917 plus or minus $1,510
- Annual rent as a share of median income52.6 percent plus or minus 45.2
- Single family units179 plus or minus 56
- Share single family79.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more45 plus or minus 33
- Share in buildings of two or more20.1 percent plus or minus 13.7
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chelsea
How Chelsea gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute127 plus or minus 70
- Commuting under 15 minutes22 plus or minus 17
- Share commuting under 15 minutes17.3 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more81 plus or minus 52
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more63.8 percent plus or minus 21.4
- Drove alone54.5 percent plus or minus 38.5
- Carpooled28.3 percent plus or minus 25.8
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.8 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Worked from home12.4 percent plus or minus 16.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Chelsea
SBA loans in Chelsea (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$108,000
- Average approval$108,000
- Median approval$108,000
- Largest approval$108,000
- Jobs supported2
- Jobs per approval2.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Chelsea, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Chelsea
Flood risk in Chelsea
- NFIP communityTown of Chelsea
- NFIP community number500070
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date08/15/80
The Town of Chelsea participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 500070 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Orange County, not Chelsea
Orange County context, not Chelsea figures
- Establishments in Orange County711
- Covered employment, Orange County7,898
- Average annual pay, Orange County$55,315
- Housing units permitted, Orange County89
Every figure in this section is published for Orange County as a whole and is not a measurement of Chelsea.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Chelsea questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Chelsea, Vermont?
416, in 180 households. Chelsea CDP covers 0.89 square miles of land, which is 468 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Chelsea in?
Orange County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Chelsea?
$43,750. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $232,600. Median gross rent is $1,917 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Chelsea businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $108,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $108,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Chelsea, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Chelsea borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Chelsea. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Chelsea in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Chelsea appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Chelsea, town of, community 500070, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Chelsea figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Orange County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Chelsea.
Is zoning published for Chelsea?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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