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Wells River village, Vermont: commercial real estate data.
Wells River village is a Census village of 340 people across 1.89 square miles of land, in Orange County. Median household income is $38,688, 47.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 5 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.1 m.
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Wells River
What Wells River is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.89 sq mi
- Water area0.04 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land180 plus or minus 51
- 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.
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How many people live in Wells River
- Population340 plus or minus 97
- Median age42.7 plus or minus 12.7
- Population under 1858 plus or minus 28
- Share under 1817.1 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Population 65 and over66 plus or minus 22
- Share 65 and over19.4 percent
- Households163 plus or minus 41
- Family households66 plus or minus 29
- Share of households that are families40.5 percent plus or minus 14.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Wells River
- Median household income$38,688
- Per capita income$24,371 plus or minus $6,221
- Civilian labor force130 plus or minus 41
- Employed118 plus or minus 39
- Unemployed12 plus or minus 13
- Unemployment rate9.2 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Adults 25 and over251 plus or minus 62
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.1 percent plus or minus 26.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher16.3 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree1.2 percent plus or minus 4.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Wells River
- Housing units198 plus or minus 49
- Occupied units163 plus or minus 41
- Vacant units35 plus or minus 26
- Vacancy rate17.7 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Owner occupied78 plus or minus 30
- Renter occupied85 plus or minus 29
- Ownership rate47.9 percent plus or minus 13.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$170,800 plus or minus $102,812
- Median gross rent, monthly$900 plus or minus $336
- Annual rent as a share of median income27.9 percent plus or minus 11.1
- Single family units113 plus or minus 41
- Share single family57.1 percent plus or minus 15.3
- Units in buildings of two or more81 plus or minus 29
- Share in buildings of two or more40.9 percent plus or minus 10.9
- Mobile homes4 plus or minus 4
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Wells River gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute110 plus or minus 38
- Commuting under 15 minutes47 plus or minus 25
- Share commuting under 15 minutes42.7 percent plus or minus 17.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more43 plus or minus 23
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more39.1 percent plus or minus 16.3
- Drove alone76.7 percent plus or minus 15.7
- Carpooled5.2 percent plus or minus 5.8
- Public transport5.2 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Walked7.8 percent plus or minus 7.3
- Worked from home5.2 percent plus or minus 9.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA 7(a) lending to Wells River borrowers
- Approvals5
- Gross approval$2,150,000
- Average approval$430,000
- Median approval$120,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,000,000
- Largest approval$1,000,000
- Jobs supported45
- Jobs per approval9.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more60.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS4
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Orange County, not Wells River
Orange County context, not Wells River figures
These are Orange County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wells River measurements.
- Establishments in Orange County711
- Employment at those establishments, Orange County6,040
- Covered employment, Orange County7,898
- Average annual pay, Orange County$55,315
- Average weekly wage, Orange County$1,064
- Housing units permitted, Orange County89
- Of those, single family, Orange County47
- County product, 2024, Orange County$1,188,034,000
- County product change over the prior year, Orange County7.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Orange County$72,985
Every figure in this section is published for Orange County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wells River. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Wells River questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wells River, Vermont?
340, in 163 households. Wells River village covers 1.89 square miles of land, which is 180 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wells River 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 Wells River?
$38,688. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $170,800. Median gross rent is $900 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Wells River businesses?
5 7(a) approvals totalling $2.1 m, across 4 lenders, median approval $120,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Wells River, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Wells River borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Wells River. only 0 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Wells River figures?
No, and they are labelled 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 Wells River.
Is zoning published for Wells River?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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