Bristol vs New Haven

A side-by-side comparison of Bristol and New Haven: population, income, housing, and more.

Bristol and New Haven 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 184 in New Haven). New Haven has the higher median household income ($82,083 vs $71,372 in Bristol). New Haven has the higher median home value ($320,600 vs $298,200 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	New Haven
Population	2,005	184
Median age	49.8 yrs	48.0 yrs
Median household income	$71,372	$82,083
Median home value	$298,200	$320,600
Median gross rent	$1,290	$1,036
Housing units	1,009	77
Homeownership rate	68.7%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.2%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	New Haven
Population	1,855 → 2,005 (+8.1%)	139 → 184 (+32.4%)
Median household income	$61,184 → $71,372 (+16.7%)	$76,875 → $82,083 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$241,000 → $298,200 (+23.7%)	$212,500 → $320,600 (+50.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,065 → $1,290 (+21.1%)	$1,179 → $1,036 (-12.1%)

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

New Haven

Population

139184

Median household income

$76,875$82,083

Median home value

$212,500$320,600

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	New Haven
Under 5	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	5.4%	4.9%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	22.8%
55 to 64	20.4%	24.5%
65 to 74	13.1%	7.1%
75 and over	9.8%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	New Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	82.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	New Haven
No high school diploma	3.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	33.9%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.8%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	New Haven
Drove alone	67.8%	71.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.1%	19.2%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	New Haven
1-unit, detached	60.3%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.3%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	New Haven
Poverty rate	11.7%	0.0%
Average household size	2.04	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	17
Median year structure built	1956	1938