Bristol vs East Middlebury

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and East Middlebury: population, income, housing, and more.

Bristol and East Middlebury are places in Vermont. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bristol has the higher population (2,005 vs 390 in East Middlebury). East Middlebury has the higher median household income ($86,326 vs $71,372 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median home value ($298,200 vs $219,700 in East Middlebury).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	East Middlebury
Population	2,005	390
Median age	49.8 yrs	61.4 yrs
Median household income	$71,372	$86,326
Median home value	$298,200	$219,700
Median gross rent	$1,290	—
Housing units	1,009	287
Homeownership rate	68.7%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	East Middlebury
Population	1,855 → 2,005 (+8.1%)	489 → 390 (-20.2%)
Median household income	$61,184 → $71,372 (+16.7%)	$72,054 → $86,326 (+19.8%)
Median home value	$241,000 → $298,200 (+23.7%)	$191,800 → $219,700 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,290 (+21.1%)	—

Bristol

Population

1,8552,005

Median household income

$61,184$71,372

Median home value

$241,000$298,200

Median gross rent

$1,065$1,290

East Middlebury

Population

489390

Median household income

$72,054$86,326

Median home value

$191,800$219,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	East Middlebury
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	5.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	14.6%
25 to 34	5.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	4.9%
45 to 54	13.3%	17.7%
55 to 64	20.4%	24.6%
65 to 74	13.1%	16.7%
75 and over	9.8%	16.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	East Middlebury
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	96.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	East Middlebury
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	56.9%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	5.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	14.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	East Middlebury
Drove alone	67.8%	80.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	16.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	East Middlebury
1-unit, detached	60.3%	80.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	East Middlebury
Poverty rate	11.7%	7.2%
Average household size	2.04	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	9
Median year structure built	1956	1963